comp.os.linux.networking

On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:27:22 +0000, Michael Zawrotny wrote:

> the user
> has to have login priveleges on the server

This isn't quite correct. If you use certificates for login instead of
passwords, the authorized_keys file can force the connection into some
program (via the "command" option). This could be used to permit only
rsync.

rsh ("restricted shell") is a somewhat more flexible way of accomplishing
the same sort of thing.

- Andrew