Re: [rsnapshot-discuss] remote root logins...

[Martin S. <ma...@on...>]

2010/9/27 Scott Hess <sco...@do...>:
> Within rsnapshot, you cannot prevent the remote root user from reading
> a client's files.  But you can prevent them from being able to execute
> arbitrary commands on the client workstation as root.  Search for
> validate-rsync.sh on the web (perhaps in concert with rsnapshot) to
> see a number of examples of how to do this.

And if you use sudo, you can use a non-privileged account (and you can
get additional logging).

Best
   Martin