I need to give a user root privileges. I am using rsync with ssh to back up a few remote servers, and want to get all directories that are below /home/e-smith/files/. If I use a standard user, there is a bunch of stuff that I am denied access to. If I use root. then I must leave “Allow administrative command line access over secure shell” as Yes, which I would prefer not to do, and I do not have to do if I assign a normal user name.
Any help or thoughts greatly appreciated.
A little more info. This all started when I built a new server for backup. I had established keys originaly for a user from the old server, but created new keys for root on the new server. The old server is 6.01, the new server is 7pre4. On the 7pre server I started with root as the user on the remote server and I am able to leave the "allow" at "no"
Do not want to confuse the issue, but too much info is better than too little.
TIA
Bob