[Mageia-dev] SSH PAM configuration

Mon Aug 13 19:06:13 CEST 2012

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+On 13/08/12 11:04, Olav Vitters wrote:
+> On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 09:39:07AM +0100, Anne Wilson wrote:
+>> Why would anyone need root login over ssh?  I don't allow it on
+>> my server and it has never caused me any problems.  Su to root
+>> works perfectly well and avoids the security risk, so I don't
+>> understand this thread.
+> 
+> Remote backups. Quite easy to setup an SSH key which only runs
+> rsync.
+> 
+I use rsync on the server for local backups, and I use SSH with keys
+to access the server from laptops for maintenance tasks, but I have
+never managed to make rsync over ssh with keys work.  People tell me
+to just use ssh without keys, but I'm reluctant to do that.  Maybe one
+day I'll find something that steps me through it, so that I can find
+the missing link.
+
+Of course, I tend to back up user data rather than system, so again, I
+don't need remote root login.
+
+Anne
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