Thanks for your response Wayne. The problem is that we are using SystemImager on our Linux clusters and the SystemImager scripts do not invoke rsync with ssh, so a daemon must be running as root.
I have sent mail to the SystemImager mailing list. Thank you. Rigoberto Wayne Davison-2 wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 11:54:19AM -0700, rcorujo wrote: >> What options do I need to use so that root can copy root owned files, but >> non-root users cannot copy root owned files? > > You need a separate module configured for non-root access (give it a > uid/gid of nobody or some other normal user). A daemon can't tell what > user is running the remote program, so it always runs as the user you > tell it to run as. Of course, the other option is to not use daemon > access, but a remote shell (such as ssh) to enforce user permissions > that way. > > ..wayne.. > -- > To unsubscribe or change options: > https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync > Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Preventing-non-root-users-from-transferring-root-owned-files-tf3532972.html#a9876054 Sent from the Samba - rsync mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
