Hi Anthony, Maybe those files can be set to read/write by a certain group and set up a normal user belonging to that group to operate them. Or just try 'sudo'?
Since IP can be faked, it is still a potential security problem even if root ssh is limited on a particular IP. Best Regards, Puqing On Feb 18, 2008 10:15 AM, P.V.Anthony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chen wrote: > > > Maybe you can ssh as a normal user and 'su' to root on that machine? I > > don't know how to allow root to ssh from a particular ip, but it seems > > not a good idea. > > I am using rsync to sync some dns files. Need to be root. It is a script > so I am not able to 'su'. > > For security reasons, I would like to only allow root login from one ip. > > P.V.Anthony > > -- Best Regards, Puqing Chen [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Slugnet mailing list [email protected] http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet
