Shawn, I did this a while ago: http://www.jdmz.net/ssh/ Please let me know if it doesn't work as advertised. Troy >>> Shawn Fertch <sfertch at gmail.com> 10/12/04 03:32PM >>> I need to do some ssh jobs from a group of servers that copy a couple of files to another server. I know how to setup for a basic unattended ssh job: $ssh-keygen -t dsa (if wanting no passwd hit enter key) $sftp username at server.domain sftp> mkdir .ssh sftp> cd .ssh sftp> put .ssh/id_dsa.pub authorized_keys2 sftp> exit (at this point can ssh/scp without password prompt. if typed in a password need to continue:) $eval `ssh-agent` $ssh-add (will prompt for password at this time) $ssh servername What I need to do is set it up so that when the id ssh's into the box it copies data to, it copies it to a specific directory and cannot do anything else. However, I still need to keep this id capable of logging in locally to the system and have shell access. I'm not sure of the right way to do this. I found some documentation, but it doesn't work properly. Any help on this would be appreciated, as I am running out of time to get this setup. Thanks! -- -Shawn "That which hits the fan, will not be evenly distributed." _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list