Re: SSH Authentication using php

On Mon, 2004-08-16 at 10:15, Michal Migurski wrote: > > > 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? You can go without using the passphrase as well. -- /*************************************** * Robby Russell | Owner.Developer.Geek * PLANET ARGON | www.planetargon.com * Portland, OR | robby@planetargon.com * 503.351.4730 | blog.planetargon.com * PHP/PostgreSQL Hosting & Development ****************************************/

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