On 02/21/2012 07:30 PM, Turnbough, Bradley E. wrote: > I have two machines, and I am trying to copy files from one to the other via > SCP. > > Since this machine is accessible from two of our networks, we're trying to > restrict the use of SCP to a select few individuals to prevent unauthorized > data transmission from network to network. > > What we did was we chmodded 700 /usr/bin/scp. The owner has remained root > and the group has remianed root.
there are many ways for users to circumvent this, e.g. cat <file> | ssh otherhost "cat > file" or using their own scp binary (copied from a different machine, or extracted from the .rpm) > >> From a different machine, I'm trying to scp to that machine, but I'm >> receiving an "access denied". > > My ssh key is in the authorized users file in the root profile. > > Anyone have a logical explanation? > > This e-mail transmission contains information that is confidential and may be > privileged. It is intended only for the addressee(s) named above. If you > receive this e-mail in error, please do not read, copy or disseminate it in > any manner. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, > distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. Please > reply to the message immediately by informing the sender that the message was > misdirected. After replying, please erase it from your computer system. Your > assistance in correcting this error is appreciated. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
