On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Andrew Mathews wrote: > Net Llama! wrote: > > On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Andrew Mathews wrote: > > > > > >>Net Llama! wrote: > >> > >>>I'm trying to setup rsync over ssh without giving the user a shell > >>>account. Unfortunately, setting the user's shell to /bin/false prevents > >>>the rsync from running, as it fails with this error: > >>>rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes read so far) > >>>rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) > >>> > >>>Does anyone have any suggestions? > >>> > >> > >>/sbin/nologin? > > > > > > protocol version mismatch - is your shell clean? > > (see the rsync man page for an explanation) > > > > > > any other ideas? > > > > From the rsync man page: > You can also specify an alternative to rsh, either by using the -e > command line option, or by setting the RSYNC_RSH environment variable. > One common substitute is to use ssh, which offers a high degree of > security. > [....] > RSYNC_RSH > The RSYNC_RSH environment variable allows you to override the > default shell used as the transport for rsync. This can be used > instead of the -e option. > Have you tried this?
I think so, but i don'[ understand what its asking me to do. I've set RSYNC_RSH=ssh but that's prolly not right. Would i set it to /sbin/nologin ? -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
