rsync, passwords and getting my logs

[bscott at ntisys.com]

On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, at 8:56am, bbell at hp.com wrote:
>> For best results, use a dedicated account, and restrict the commands that
>> can be run in the SSH authorized_keys file.
> 
> Are you saying that you can limit the commands by some special
> configuration of the authorized_keys file?  If so, please say more.

  Pretty much.  You add an option like

	command=foo

at the start of the line of the key in question.  That will force that
command to execute every time the corresponding key is used to authenticate.

> There's no authorized_keys man page, and it's not immediately obvious from
> the format of authorized_keys, but I'm interested.

  authorized_keys is documented in the OpenSSH sshd(8) man page.

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Ben Scott <bscott at ntisys.com>
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