On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 22:19:32 +0000, Darragh Bailey
<felix at compsoc.nuigalway.ie> wrote:
>> Trying to use rsync to update a local copy of a website from the one sitting on
> a server.
>> But in this case I need to be able to switch user after login in order to
> retreive the files fully
>> loging in remotely as the shared user will not work either.
>> I was looking at
> rsync -var --rsh="ssh -l user host su - new_user" :src_dir/* local_dir/
> --exclude-from=local_dir/EXCL
>> But rsync terminates the connection. Is it possible to do it this way, in which
> case could someone point out what I'm missing or do I have to resort to a script
> in order to be able to perform this?
A work-around might be for newuser to clone rsync
somewhere only accessible to user, chmod u+s, then
invoke rsync with --rsync_path=/path/to/setuid/bin/
A better solution would be to set the groups up
"properly" so user can r/w newuser's web files,
but I'm guessing you don't have that option!
I'm also assuming some of your web files are
scripts, so wget is not an option...
--
Kieran Tully, Software Developer and Tenor
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