[Gllug] sudo authentication against ssh key

[Minty]

On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 2:20 PM, - Tethys<tethys at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Minty<mintywalker at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm want to allow a user password-less sudo (to named commands
>> controlled via /etc/sudoers) if and only if they've connected via ssh
>> using their key.
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> Or am I approaching this via the wrong angle?
>
> The only wrongness I can see is assuming that having them ssh in with
> a keypair is more secure than having them type their password in.

Noted, although in our current case, this is an assumption we have
considered and opted to run with with, I think, our eyes open & sober.

Thanks for the input - Bruce's suggestion seems mighty clever and
likely workable for what we wanted.

gllug++
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