[svlug] CVS SSH server security

[Bill Ward]

On 3/6/07, Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:
> Quoting Tim Utschig (tim at tetro.net):
>
> > Maybe rssh is what you're looking for?
> >
> >     http://www.pizzashack.org/rssh/
> >
> > <quote what="apt-cache show rssh">
> >     Restricted shell allowing only scp, sftp, cvs, rsync
> >     and/or rdist rssh is a restricted shell to be used as a substitute
> >     of the login shell to allow users to perform only
> >     scp/sftp/cvs/rsync,rdist operations.
> >     .
> >     The security implications are high, so the home directories have
> >     to be set following the instructions provided.
> > </quote>
>
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There were only a couple of entries that relate to CVS on that page,
and one of them is a broken link.  The Xfree86 link describes a setup
like the one I want to create, but doesn't document how it was
implemented.