Rob Browning wrote > Aaron Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I only mention this because I do not believe most people even realize > > there is this other mode to rsync. I tried describing it to a > > co-worker who uses rsync regularly, but he kind of just stared at me > > blankly. > > Right. I was aware of that mode, but it seemed like it would only > work in cases where the remote sysadmin was willing to run another > daemon (if they're not already running rsyncd). With the command= ssh > approach, for sites already using ssh, the admin, or even the user on > the server side, can set up as many restricted keys as they want. > > Also, it wasn't clear to me from the docs how secure rsync's password > challenge and authentication scheme is expected to be. It seemed like > the ssh + restricted command= approach would likely be safer, but I'm > not sure how I'd quantify that.
Use it with stunnel. -justinb -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
