[TriLUG] sshd question

[Brian Henning]

Can you specify an alternate port?  Run a separate instance of SSHD on a 
nonstandard port, configured to allow root login and firewalled (or 
tcpwrappered) to only allow connections from the one machine, maybe?

Would take some trickery with startup scripts, but I bet it could be 
done, if esxranger will let you specify the port.

~Brian


Blackburn, Marvin wrote:
> 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-----
>>From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org 
>>[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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