From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 28 10:52:56 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 861991065670 for ; Thu, 28 May 2009 10:52:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f159.google.com (mail-fx0-f159.google.com [209.85.220.159]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 144308FC1D for ; Thu, 28 May 2009 10:52:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: by fxm3 with SMTP id 3so686369fxm.43 for ; Thu, 28 May 2009 03:52:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:reply-to:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=WgE7/HRDKUvIj8bXGuP8sasP7rlqxqJJAueXMc84WA0=; b=f36RRx7kf6IrbamvtCtKwMw/f+ikKFFXTPLup9In7JLX887QS4b5fYCbIVIkdB13do WNoBqhK1rk2xEjJds7w95FbBvZTBfLO4A+oUhd4hd4nrNX7+9/hFGk+tE6VzcS/ctHjF nf7tn2aWe1V8vaZErI8kADmkbpjT1V1h/Qlfk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=u34t4/D8AalIWzvXoUKFAq+IF6fKX3xUQVzrxJ/Ctx/gPjlCQBeACWRKcC658BngFe vUJfY1M6SKBx3e27qg9L0N/yLhV8Lp4vX0FLsozsLe+y3cxfzJAIwgGOGgOS6aPK2WKb OgoTi7TaJ6W8MFE9qMtXwb2ivBuyQaO1XmIqk= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.55.140 with SMTP id u12mr1071563bkg.98.1243507972249; Thu, 28 May 2009 03:52:52 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <200905281041.n4SAfTHw046546@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> References: <200905281030.n4SAUXdA046386@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> <200905281041.n4SAfTHw046546@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> From: Chris Rees Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 11:52:32 +0100 Message-ID: To: Olivier Nicole Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Remotely edit user disk quota X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: utisoft@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 10:52:56 -0000 2009/5/28 Olivier Nicole : >> > How could I nicely and securely connect from the script on the web >> > server to the file server, in order to edit the quota? It should be >> use rsh and .rhosts :) > > I do that already, not really what I call secure ;) As I put up a new > machine, I'd prefer something else. > > Olivier You could use ssh and ssh keys. That's what I use in my scripts. rsh and ssh are so similar in use there's really no point in using rsh at all any more. The security gained by ssh is so great that any (very small) overhead is well worth it. Chris -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in a mailing list?