openssh - run as another user

[Jeremy Nickurak]

Any thoughts on how to get away with doing this with scp, in particular?

On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 20:23, Matthew Monaco <dgbaley27 at verizon.net> wrote:

> On 08/26/2010 10:39 PM, Coy Hile wrote:
>
>> Use sudo a la
>>
>> ssh desthost sudo /some/command
>>
>>
>
> ssh desthost -t sudo /some/command
>
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
>> From: openssh-unix-dev-bounces+coy.hile=coyhile.com at mindrot.org [mailto:
>> openssh-unix-dev-bounces+coy.hile <openssh-unix-dev-bounces%2Bcoy.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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