On Thu, 23 Aug 2001 rmcm@compsoft.com.au wrote:

: how about;
:
:    rsync -a -e ssh --rsync-path=/usr/local/etc/rsync-sudo /localdir/ \
:          user@remotehost:/remotedir/
:
: where  /usr/local/etc/rsync-sudo is
:
:         #!/bin/sh
:         sudo /usr/pkg/bin/rsync $*

Of course, that blows a huge hole in the so-called `security' of sudo, now
doesn't it?  :)

Personally, I prefer ssh crypto keys for root access.  My machines don't
even have valid passwords for root anymore; a ssh has to be used, even from
localhost.  Logging the keys used for becoming root would probably be a
trivial thing to implement.

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