[TriLUG] sshd question

[Blackburn, Marvin]

its esxranger, the ability to log on as an alternate user and su to root
doesn't work -- bug.
so I need to allow root from a to b but only from a to b 

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On Behalf Of Rick DeNatale
> Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 5:04 PM
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] sshd question
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> On 3/8/06, Blackburn, Marvin <mblackburn at glenraven.com> wrote:
> > Unfortunately, this wont work -- it has to be root
> 
> Does it have to use password authorization?  Another option is to use
> key pairs.
> 
> You can also force the command that gets executed by putting the
> command into the .ssh/authorized_keys file in root's home directory. 
> It's a little tricky but you can execute a script which "wraps" the
> command being executed by the ssh client.
> 
> But why does it HAVE to be root, is the user not configurable?  What's
> the application?
> 
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