Re: SSH Authentication using php

> > Hi, what my goal is is to be able to authenticate a user by they SSH > > acount on the system using php. I tried looking on google, but didn't > > see anything with ssh. What i've tried to do is use the exec() and > > just do: > > > > exec("ssh user@localhost".escapleshellard("password")); > > > > You can try setting up authorized_keys for this. Then you don't need to > pass it the password. ...but you'd still need to provide the ssh passphrase, or have an instance of ssh-agent running. Teren, what are you trying to do exactly? Is ssh actually necessary, or are you really just trying to authenticate users by their unix accounts? --------------------------------------------------------------------- michal migurski- contact info and pgp key: sf/ca http://mike.teczno.com/contact.html