[Klug-general] rebooting remote server

[Paul Littlefield]

On 01/10/13 17:09, Paul Littlefield wrote:
> I might have a google for you now...

...yes, lots on this particular subject!

http://bit.ly/1hijZQe

It seems you have to check 3 things...

1. Who you are logging in as and exactly what SSH key they use.
2. What that user is allowed to do in the /etc/sudoers file.
3. What SSH allows you to do.

I have just tried...

    ssh me at myserver sudo ls

...and it failed with errors.

    ssh -t me at myserver sudo ls

...worked and asked me for a password.

So...

1. Check your passwordless SSH key works normally first. You can specify which one to use with the -i option.
2. Try and read the massive 'man sudoers' page. The fix for 1 person seemed to be...
    %sudo   ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
   ...please check this out, because it seems a bit risky to me.
   or maybe
    admin   ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD: REBOOT


3. ssh -t will fix it.


Hope this helps, and let me know how you get on.



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