[clue] Rsync and root
David L. Anselmi
anselmi at anselmi.us
Thu Nov 3 21:19:45 MDT 2011
Will wrote:
> Use single purpose SSH keys, connect as a non-root user with an autharized
> key. When that key is used it runs sudo and starts rsync as root.
I think there's more to it than this (an exercise for the reader perhaps). Or perhaps you meant
rsyncd, and that might be worth looking at.
> http://pkeck.myweb.uga.edu/ssh/
I think the bit about the same passphrase or id_dsa is wrong (first bullet under More keys!).
Dave
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