Make a user account on the client called "backup", with UID/GID 0 .
Give it an alternate home directory, restricted shell and environment
so it can only run rsync (but still reach the files it needs to back
up, perhaps via some symlinks. Invoke it with:
some years ago we made this option on solaris. On solaris its works great.
A second unofficial root :-)
I died that some days ago on debian. The result was that all files owned by
root now owned by the user "backup". I deleted the user and has to restart
the nscd daemon ;-) to go back! Maybee I made sometings wrong ...
Its possible to use dirbish without ssh login [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I know that is not an SSH Mailinglist: but its possible to run two different
SSHD with two different configs on two different ports? That can be a great
sollution. One SSH Daemon for dirvish and one for the rest of the world.
nice day :)
Manuel
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