Command for Rsync over SSH
Common Syntax for Rsync:
# rsync [options] Source Destinations.
Set up a secure backup with rsync + SSH of one system to the other.
backup.example.com# rsync -avz --numeric-ids --delete root@myserver.example.com:/path/ /backup/myserver/
To do the backup, you have to be root on the remote server, because some files are only root readable.
Problem: you will allow backup.example.com to do anything on myserver.example.com, where just read only access on the directory is sufficient.
Then, use the command=""
directive in the authorized_keys
file to filter the command.
Find this command, start rsync adding the -e'ssh -v'
option:
rsync -avz -e'ssh -v' --numeric-ids --delete root@myserver.example.com:/path/ /backup/myserver/ 2>&1 | grep "Sending command"
Result like:
debug1: Sending command: rsync --server --sender -vlogDtprze.iLsf --numeric-ids . /path/
Now, just add the command before the key in /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
:
command="rsync --server --sender -vlogDtprze.iLsf --numeric-ids . /path/" ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1in2EAAAABIwAAABio......
And for even more security, add an IP filter, and other options:
from="backup.example.com",command="rsync --server --sender -vlogDtprze.iLsf --numeric-ids . /path/",no-agent-forwarding,no-port-forwarding,no-pty,no-user-rc,no-X11-forwarding ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1in2EAAAABIwAAABio......
Now try to open a ssh shell on the remote server.. and try some unauthorized rsync commands…
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