Commit 6e083db5 authored by bescoto's avatar bescoto

Added mention of --restrict options to remote operation section


git-svn-id: http://svn.savannah.nongnu.org/svn/rdiff-backup@550 2b77aa54-bcbc-44c9-a7ec-4f6cf2b41109
parent 17c5eb9f
......@@ -520,6 +520,20 @@ that in this man page...). And finally, to include a literal % in the
string specified by --remote-schema, quote it with another %, as in
%%.
Although ssh itself may be secure, using rdiff-backup in the default
way presents some security risks. For instance if the server is run
as root, then an attacker who compromised the client could then use
rdiff-backup to overwrite arbitary server files by "backing up" over
them. Such a setup can be made more secure by using the sshd
configuration option
.B command="rdiff-backup --server"
possibly along with the
.B --restrict*
options to rdiff-backup. For more information, see the web page, the
wiki, and entries for the
.B --restrict*
options on this man page.
.SH FILE SELECTION
.B rdiff-backup
supports file selection options similar to (but different from)
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