From: Willie Wong <wwong@Math.Princeton.EDU>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Copying a file via ssh with no password, keeping the system safe
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 18:28:04 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101007222804.GA12640@math.princeton.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4CAE141F.7040904@alyf.net>
On Thu, Oct 07, 2010 at 08:40:31PM +0200, Andrea Conti wrote:
> > Is there a way to allow only one single command from a single cronjob to
> > operate passwordless, while keeping all the other connections secured by
> > a password?
>
> You can't do that on a per-command basis. You'd be trying to control the
> authentication method accepted by sshd on B according to which command
> is run on A -- something sshd on B knows nothing about.
>
That's partially false. See my response in this thread.
W
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Willie W. Wong wwong@math.princeton.edu
Data aequatione quotcunque fluentes quantitae involvente fluxiones invenire
et vice versa ~~~ I. Newton
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Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-10-07 16:45 [gentoo-user] Copying a file via ssh with no password, keeping the system safe Momesso Andrea
2010-10-07 17:36 ` Stroller
2010-10-07 18:14 ` Willie Wong
2010-10-07 18:26 ` Willie Wong
2010-10-07 18:40 ` Andrea Conti
2010-10-07 21:59 ` Momesso Andrea
2010-10-07 22:21 ` covici
2010-10-07 22:38 ` BRM
2010-10-08 8:53 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-10-07 22:28 ` Willie Wong [this message]
2010-10-08 8:05 ` Andrea Conti
2010-10-08 10:18 ` Willie Wong
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