[PLUG] ssh_pam and CentOS 5

[Roderick A. Anderson]

Eli Stair wrote:
> Any reason not to use ssh-agent, or set up a kerberos server and use
> tickets (TGT's) for this?

Pam_ssh uses ssh-agent.

I prefer the low hanging fruit to learning how to set up and use kerberos.


Rod
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> /eli
> 
> On 9/26/07, Roderick A. Anderson <raanders at acm.org> wrote:
>> Ali Corbin wrote:
>>>  On 9/26/07, Roderick A. Anderson <raanders at acm.org> wrote:
>>>> I'm trying to get ssh_pam installed on a new CentOS 5 install and
>>>> getting nowhere fast.  Done the Google searches, checked and added
>>>> _other_ repositories, and posted to the CentOS forums.
>>>>
>>>> Heck I even tried to compile from source but got some errors that I
>>>>  haven't  done much towards sorting out ... yet.
>>>>
>>>> I'm hoping this is a path someone else has tread and can give me a
>>>> solution or clue.
>>>>
>>>  I've worked with pam quite a bit, and with ssh some, but I'm afraid
>>>  that I've never heard of ssh_pam.  Nor did I find much when I did a
>>>  google search on it.  What is it, and what does it do?  It's possible
>>>  that it's an older package that was never upgraded to the newer
>>>  distros.  But you might be able to do whatever it is you need to do
>>>  with a different package.
>> I probably should have referred to it as "pam_ssh" not as it is known in
>> some of the packages.
>>
>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/pam-ssh/
>>
>> http://www.clasohm.com/blog/one-entry?entry_id=12085
>>
>> I can't really explain it better than the second link does.  I've used
>> it before on a Fedora Core 4 system.  Liked it a lot.  I have had to log
>> into 10-15 systems in a day and many of them multiple times.  Beats
>> typing my pass-phrase each time and I also don't have to leave the
>> connection/login open when not working on the system.
>>
>>
>> Rod
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