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    Jim> The need is for full filesystem access, essentially root.

OpenSSH will let you specify a command (or commands) which a given
identity can run along with the key in the authorized_keys file.  You
could write a wrapper which allows access to just the commands your
backup stuff needs and make that the command the identity is allowed
to run.

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