Re: restricted shell for cvs/ssh access only

[Noel Yap]

--- Neil Dombrowski <address@hidden> wrote:
> I have to allow some clients access to our company's
> cvs repository via
> ssh, but I don't want to give them a prompt, only
> access to cvs
> commands. How might I accomplish this?

The subject of your email implies you have an inkling.

There's a way in SSH2 (I've heard the same can be done
in SSH) to specify one and only one executable per key
to be executed.  Since I haven't done it in a while,
you'll have to consult another source (eg O'Reilly's
SSH book) for the details.

Once you have SSH set up, it's easy:
1. Users execute CVS the same way except their CVSROOT
will specify using ssh.
2. Users who try to use ssh directly will wind up
executing the cvs server.

HTH,
Noel

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