[TAG] [LG 100] 2c Tips #14

Sun Oct 1 20:54:18 MSD 2006

Hi, Michael -

Please CC all further messages in this discussion to The Answer Gang; thanks.

On Sun, Oct 01, 2006 at 12:37:12PM -0400, Michael Pearl <Michael.Pearl at semcoenergy.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the response Ben,
> 
> I was able to accomplish what I needed by manually creating the .ssh
> dir in the users home.
> 
> My problem was that I couldn't figure out where the .ssh dir existed
> for an SCPONLY user. When I created the SCPONLY user using the supplied
> script, it didn't create a .ssh in their home.

As far as I know, no application does that; you have to create it
yourself, just as you mention doing.

> I'm still not sure where the ssh keys for an SCPONLY user are held.

In their '~/.ssh/authorized_keys' - exactly as I described.

> After I added the .ssh dir their home and added their pub key to the
> authorized_keys file, problem solved.
> 
> I really like SCPONLY, but wish their documentation was a bit more 
> complete. Maybe I'll summarize what I learned and put it out on the
> web.... 

Or you could always write an article for us. That's a way to get it out
on the Web _and_ instantly publicized. If you're interested, take a look
at our Author Guide: 'http://linuxgazette.net/faq/author.html'.

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