Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 17:56:37 +1300 From: Andrew Thompson <andy@fud.org.nz> To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: su and root password Message-ID: <02Nov14.175625nzdt.119053@homer.fire.org.nz> References: <002701c28b94$c378f4e0$a977ca41@yogi>
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Lewis Watson wrote: >I have a program that ssh's to my machine and needs to do a script that >calls pw useradd. I do not want to give root ssh ability so how can I make a >regular user ssh in and utilize pw useradd as root? I have the script and it >works great as root... I just can't figure out how to get around the >password prompt for su.... >Please pass me some suggestions. >Thanks. >Lewis > > If you have "PermitRootLogin no" in the config root is still able to log in using publickey. Then put command="pw useradd..." before the key in the authorized_keys file. Andy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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