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rssh


Information about the package, rssh, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The rssh package is designed for, Restricted shell for use with OpenSSH, allowing only scp and/or.


Package Name:

rssh

Summary:

Restricted shell for use with OpenSSH, allowing only scp and/or

Description:

rssh is a restricted shell for use with OpenSSH, allowing only scp and/or sftp. For example, if you have a server which you only want to allow users to copy files off of via scp, without providing shell access, you can use rssh to do that. It is a alternative to scponly.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

2.3.4

Release:

1.el6

Size:

43 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

BSD



Handy Yum Commands for rssh


Control the rssh package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install rssh

This command will install rssh on the server.

yum remove rssh

This command will un-install rssh on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove rssh, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove rssh

This command will un-install rssh on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove rssh when using the -y flag.

yum update rssh

This command will update rssh to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove rssh, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update rssh

This command will update rssh to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove rssh when using the -y flag.

yum info rssh

This command will show you core information about the rssh package.

yum deplist rssh

This command will show you the dependencies for rssh. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update rssh

This command will check if there is an update waiting on rssh. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.