On 3/13/2010 9:47 AM, Luis Paulo wrote:
>
> * the link I sent uses a different approach. You ssh as backuppc user
> and then you sudo to do the backup - $Conf{RsyncClientCmd}. Your rsa
> keys for backuppc user on both machines don't have password, but the
> root keys may now have passwords.
>
> * If you could sudo as backuppc to run any command, we will not have
> gain much.
>
> * Thats where visudo comes to restrict the commands a user can run as
> root (sudo)
Ssh is equally capable of restricting the commands that can be run
directly. But either way, if you allow files to be restored as root,
someone who has the ssh key and understands the process basically owns
the machine.
--
Les Mikesell
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