On Fri, Oct 21, 2005 at 09:48:06PM -0700, David Christensen wrote: > Debian user: > > I am trying to figure out how to execute a shutdown on a Debian 3.0 machine > using "ssh root@<host> <command>" syntax, but don't want to allow root logins. > > > RTFM "man sshd_config" indicates that I need the following line in > /etc/ssh/sshd_config: > > PermitRootLogin forced-commands-only > > > Restarting sshd, the above configuration setting alone is insufficient. STFW > "sshd_config forced-commands-only", it looks like the chosen command > (/sbin/shutdown, in my case) needs to be included in > /root/.ssh/authorized_keys > somehow. Does anybody know where the syntax is defined? > If you google for
forced command OpenSSH .authorized_keys and look down a few links ... I think what you may need to do is insert command="/sbin/shutdown" immediately before the dss in your key itself. Chapter 8 of the O'Reilly book on SSH may help as that was referenced. > > TIA, > > David > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]