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Mention a potential bash security issue with openssh forced commands.
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@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ transfer in one of two easy ways:
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* forcing the running of the rrsync script
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* forcing the running of an rsync daemon-over-ssh command.
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Both of these setups use a feature of ssh that allows a command to be forced to
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run instead of an interactive shell. However, if the user's home shell is bash,
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please see [BASH SECURITY ISSUE](#) for a potential issue.
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To use the rrsync script, edit the user's `~/.ssh/authorized_keys` file and add
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a prefix like one of the following (followed by a space) in front of each
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ssh-key line that should be restricted:
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@@ -107,6 +111,26 @@ overrides.
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The script (or a copy of it) can be manually edited if you want it to customize
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the option handling.
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## BASH SECURITY ISSUE
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If your users have bash set as their home shell, bash may try to be overly
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helpful and ensure that the user's login bashrc files are run prior to
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executing the forced command. This can be a problem if the user can somehow
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update their home bashrc files, perhaps via the restricted copy, a shared home
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directory, or something similar.
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One simple way to avoid the issue is to switch the user to a simpler shell,
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such as dash. When choosing the new home shell, make sure that you're not
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choosing bash in disguise, as it is unclear if it avoids the security issue.
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Another potential fix is to ensure that the user's home directory is not a
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shared mount and that they have no means of copying files outside of their
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restricted directories. This may require you to force the enabling of symlink
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munging on the server side.
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A future version of openssh may have a change to the handling of forced
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commands that allows it to avoid using the user's home shell.
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## EXAMPLES
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The `~/.ssh/authorized_keys` file might have lines in it like this:
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