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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users ssh: require passphrase from some servers but not others Post 302333540 by Squeakygoose on Monday 13th of July 2009 10:28:07 AM
Old 07-13-2009
ssh: require passphrase from some servers but not others
We have a number of linux clusters running Oracle. The clusters require that all member nodes have promptless/passwordless login through ssh (ie. the keys were created with null passphrases). We also have a management server that is not a member of any cluster but routinely connects to nodes of all clusters to perform maintenance activities, deploy scripts etc.

Currently, we have not added the management server's key to any of the authorized key files as unrestricted access to all cluster nodes is undesirable. Therefore, whenever the management node attempts to ssh into a cluster node, we are prompted for a password. Since some scripts make multiple secure calls to multiple nodes, we end up typing a lot of passwords...

I would like to enable some form of session-level passwordless login (through ssh-agent?), without removing promptless/passwordless login between nodes of a cluster and without granting unrestricted access to all nodes from the management server. Ideally, when executing a script that includes multiple secure calls to multiple nodes, we would only enter the password/passphrase once for each node.

Is this possible?
 

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ssh-ldap-helper

SSH-LDAP-HELPER(8)					    BSD System Manager's Manual 					SSH-LDAP-HELPER(8)

NAME

     ssh-ldap-helper -- sshd helper program for ldap support

SYNOPSIS

     ssh-ldap-helper [-devw] [-f file] [-s user]

DESCRIPTION

     ssh-ldap-helper is used by sshd(1) to access keys provided by an LDAP.  ssh-ldap-helper is disabled by default and can only be enabled in the
     sshd configuration file /etc/ssh/sshd_config by setting AuthorizedKeysCommand to ``/usr/libexec/openssh/ssh-ldap-wrapper''.

     ssh-ldap-helper is not intended to be invoked by the user, but from sshd(8) via ssh-ldap-wrapper.

     The options are as follows:

     -d      Set the debug mode; ssh-ldap-helper prints all logs to stderr instead of syslog.

     -e      Implies -w; ssh-ldap-helper halts if it encounters an unknown item in the ldap.conf file.

     -f      ssh-ldap-helper uses this file as the ldap configuration file instead of /etc/ssh/ldap.conf (default).

     -s      ssh-ldap-helper prints out the user's keys to stdout and exits.

     -v      Implies -d; increases verbosity.

     -w      ssh-ldap-helper writes warnings about unknown items in the ldap.conf configuration file.

SEE ALSO

     sshd(8), sshd_config(5), ssh-ldap.conf(5),

HISTORY

     ssh-ldap-helper first appeared in OpenSSH 5.5 + PKA-LDAP .

AUTHORS

     Jan F. Chadima <jchadima@redhat.com>

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