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From: Michael Zawrotny
Date: Friday, March 21, 2008 8:27 AM
Subject: Re: Question about rsync
From: Michael Zawrotny
Date: Friday, March 21, 2008 8:27 AM
Subject: Re: Question about rsync
Andrew Gideon
> 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.
Good point. Ages ago I setup a couple of processes to do that, and it
has worked so well for so long that I forgot that I had done it that
way.
Mike
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Michael Zawrotny
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Florida State University | email: zawrotny@sb.fsu.edu
Tallahassee, FL 32306-4380 | phone: (850) 644-0069
