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Have you tried
scp -p
Mike
"A foolproof method for sculpting an elephant: first, get a huge block of marble, then you chip away everything that doesn't look like an elephant."
scp -p
Mike
"A foolproof method for sculpting an elephant: first, get a huge block of marble, then you chip away everything that doesn't look like an elephant."
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RodKnowlton
MIS
- Apr 26, 2000
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Be glad it doesn't preserve user. If it did, anyone that has root privileges on a machine that you allow to connect would be able to escalate their privileges on your machine:
1: on my machine, where I'm root, I create a setuid program that's owned by root and executes /bin/ksh.
2: I grant universal read rights to the program on my machine.
3: logging in as a regular user that's allow to ssh to your machine, I scp the file over to my account on your machine, preserving user and permissions.
4: I logon to your machine and execute the handy little root shell that's waiting for me.
That said, you might be able to use rsync to accomplish what you want.
Rod Knowlton
IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert pSeries and AIX 5L
CompTIA Linux+
CompTIA Security+
1: on my machine, where I'm root, I create a setuid program that's owned by root and executes /bin/ksh.
2: I grant universal read rights to the program on my machine.
3: logging in as a regular user that's allow to ssh to your machine, I scp the file over to my account on your machine, preserving user and permissions.
4: I logon to your machine and execute the handy little root shell that's waiting for me.
That said, you might be able to use rsync to accomplish what you want.
Rod Knowlton
IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert pSeries and AIX 5L
CompTIA Linux+
CompTIA Security+
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