On 12/03 07:11 , Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote:
> For a slight bit of incremental security, I do:
>       ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/rsync --server --sender *
> 
> which I believe restricts to read only (but it's not well
> documented). 

Fair enough. It's not something I've tested thoroughly. I think I might have
tried it once a very long time ago, but wasn't successful... it's too far
gone from memory. In any case, I don't set up backuppc to allow direct
restores; so if this does work now, it might be good to adopt.

> Current version is at least 30 though perl-File-RsyncP only supports
> up to protocol 28. Still, having a 3.0+ version is beneficial in terms
> of more efficient memory usage. Also, version 3.0 is helpful on
> Windows to avoid various rsync errors.

I don't think rsync 3.0 final release was out when I wrote that document. :)

-- 
Carl Soderstrom
Systems Administrator
Real-Time Enterprises
www.real-time.com

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