Re: bash_logout and sftp

From: Corey (corey_s_at_qwest.net)
Date: 05/07/05

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    Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 17:33:31 -0700
To: secureshell@securityfocus.com

    On Thursday 05 May 2005 06:34 pm, Kevin Sullivan wrote:
    > How disciplined are your users?
    >

    Heheh...

    > Have them create/transfer a dummy
    > "/tmp/alldone" file as the last thing they do. A periodic cron job can
    > check for it and if it exists, delete it and run rsync.
    >

    This is a good idea, but simply too much to expect from our user's - and just
    not reliable enough.

    > Or in sshd_config, replace the sftp line with:
    > Subsystem sftp /usr/libexec/sftp-server-rsync
    >
    > And create /usr/libexec/sftp-server-rsync containing:
    >
    > #! /bin/sh
    > /usr/libexec/sftp-server "$@"
    > touch /tmp/alldone >/dev/null 2>&1
    >

    Hmmm, I hadn't thought of that - this may be a possible avenue if I can come
    up with some clever way(s) of avoiding the potential pitfalls you mentioned.

    Thanks!

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