useful information for operations.
you only need to backup the files in the /var/persistent folder.
Using rsync, do something like this:
rsync -azP ~/www/events.thealternative.ch/production/shared/var/persistent/ user@IP:~/backup/
you may impersonate another user if you an admin (must be set directly in the database) with
http://example.com/[email protected]
finish impersonation with
http://example.com/somewhere?_switch_user=_exit