AuthorizedKeysCommand

Shogun shogun147 at gmail.com
Thu Jan 17 04:11:25 EST 2013


Yes, i agree, this is also important.

14.01.13 19:00, Bostjan Skufca ?????:
> Seems very useful.
>
> Implementation-wise I would not exclude AuthorizedKeysFile if 
> AuthorizedKeysCommand was present, because if script will be 
> connecting to external services which mail fail or hang, one still 
> needs access to machine in case of emergency.
> In this respect, execution of external command should be time-limited 
> to avoid locking admin out of the system in troubled times.
>
> b.
>
>
> On 14 January 2013 16:36, Katsumoto san <shogun147 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:shogun147 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi there,
>
>     We could set AuthorizedKeysCommand script, this will allow only to
>     replace
>     authorized_keys file with keys stored in a database... But why
>     this command
>     is so limited?
>
>     Why i can't just set a command script which will get a username
>     and public
>     key as arguments and let him do it's own authorization??
>     I think this will allow for much more powerful tricks. For example
>     do to an
>     database lookup with keys to identify and authorize or deny access
>     and so
>     on...
>
>     So is this so difficult to do? What do you all think about this?
>
>     Thanks.
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