[ILUG] does scp need a shell?

[Niall O'Higgins]

On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 03:50:46PM +0100, Rob Gallagher wrote:
> So I'm thinking it requires some kind of login shell; would somthing
> like rbash do the trick or could I lock it down even further with a
> script that only allows the scp command to be executed?

Yes.

Specifically it needs a shell which supports the `-c' option.

Try `scponly' or `rssh'. Google for them.