For now, see the following articles: http://www.hackinglinuxexposed.com/articles/20021211.html http://www.hackinglinuxexposed.com/articles/20021226.html http://www.hackinglinuxexposed.com/articles/20030109.html http://www.hackinglinuxexposed.com/articles/20030115.html Sample authprogs.conf file: --------------------------------------------------------- # These commands are allowed from any host [ ALL ] uptime [ 127.0.0.1 ] ls -la /tmp [ 192.168.192.283 ] /opt/bin/restart_dns [ 127.0.0.1 10.0.0.256 ] rsync --server --sender -logtpr . /etc/ ls -l "/path/to/some graphic.png" ---------------------------------------------------------