Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 13:53:07 +0400 From: Yuri Pankov <yuri.pankov@gmail.com> To: z.szalbot@lc-words.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: disallow remote root / allow remote root by key Message-ID: <483FCE83.2010107@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <483FC2E5.5040706@lc-words.com> References: <483FC2E5.5040706@lc-words.com>
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Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: > Hello, > > I wonder if it is possible and if so how to go about the following. > > Server - Remote root login is disallowed but I need to fetch snaphosts > produced by rsnapshot and for this I need remote root access. > Backup machine on a dynamic IP - connects to server using key-based As user, I guess? > authentication. Can this machine (and only this machine) log in remotely Check sshd_config(5) for PermitRootLogin "without-password" keyword (I hope I understood you correctly). > as root? > > Is there a better way of handling this? > > Thanks! > HTH, Yuri
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