openssh - run as another user

[Coy Hile]

Use sudo a la

ssh desthost sudo /some/command

-----Original Message-----
From: openssh-unix-dev-bounces+coy.hile=coyhile.com at mindrot.org [mailto:openssh-unix-dev-bounces+coy.hile=coyhile.com at mindrot.org] On Behalf Of Phillip Wu
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 7:37 PM
To: openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org
Subject: openssh - run as another user

For security, many systems are configured so you cannot log directly as root via the initial authentication in openssh.

What is usually done is that you log onto as your normal login and once you get a interactive shell you su to root to
run the command that requires root.

Does openssh have a more elegant way of exec'ing a command as root so I can run the command
non-interactively?  I know:
Normal userid
Normal userid password
Root's password

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