SSh usage

hello,
I know that ssh by other user to my remote machine with root access can
allow user to use all resources to remote machine.
but is there any way i can prevent a ssh user to my machine with root
access not to copy/write to my directory but read only
files/directories. consider i am asking this as a remote user with root
access who want to prevent allowed ssh connections to copy my data to
his machine.

On 12 Oct 2005 09:23:03 -0700, (E-Mail Removed)
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> hello,
> I know that ssh by other user to my remote machine with root access can
> allow user to use all resources to remote machine.
> but is there any way i can prevent a ssh user to my machine with root
> access not to copy/write to my directory but read only
> files/directories. consider i am asking this as a remote user with root
> access who want to prevent allowed ssh connections to copy my data to
> his machine.
>
Root access is root access. You can encrypt your files, or keep them on
a removable drive that is connected only when needed, or you can set
up the /etc/sudoers file so that the remote user can only execute
selected commands as root.


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(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> hello,
> I know that ssh by other user to my remote machine with root access can
> allow user to use all resources to remote machine.
> but is there any way i can prevent a ssh user to my machine with root
> access not to copy/write to my directory but read only
> files/directories. consider i am asking this as a remote user with root
> access who want to prevent allowed ssh connections to copy my data to
> his machine.

There's no secure way to prevent a user 0 (root) to
wreak havoc on the system.

Simply DO NOT allow root logins in SSH configuration.

Log in as a non-root (and non-evident) user and
use sudo for limited root operations.

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Tauno Voipio
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