Hi, I want to backup my system via rsync over ssh, but login is *not* permited!
According to the sshd_config man page, I need to set PermitRootLogin to forced-commands-only. In order to run follow command, how to set command option in authorized_keys? # rsync -avz server:/etc /backup Best Regards! Jacky Kim . >On Thu, Sep 09, 2004 at 06:03:49PM +0800, Jacky Kim wrote: >> If the shell of user alpha is /sbin/nologin >> When use rsync with ssh mode, is it possible for alpha to use rsync >> to backup data? > >This is an ssh question: you're asking if there is a way to limit what >commands the user runs. The answer is yes, there are ways to make sure >that the user can only run a limited set of commands (even constricting >what options can be sent), but I don't know the details. By default, if >the user has a shell of /sbin/nologin, then ssh can't be used by that >user to run any commands. See the ssh docs for more details. Once you >get ssh configured as you desire, rsync can use it. > >..wayne.. > -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
