How can I create a user with read-only access to all files? (ie root without writing permissions)
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For backing up my server, I would like to remotely access it via SSH. To minimize all risks, it want to user a user who only has read access, but to all files, just like root. However, he shouldn't have any write rights. Any ideas on how to achieve that?
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Might I suggest another method to solve your problem that's less maintenance intensive. You can create ssh keys which have limited access to specific programs. I dislike granting root unrestricted access, but sometimes you need to enable certain com…
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