Re: SSH Authentication using php

Ah, you should try to authenticate differently then. You're going about this the wrong wa. :-) > The PEAR::Auth package provides methods for creating an authentication > system using PHP. > > Currently it supports the following storage containers to read/write > the login data: > > * All databases supported by the PEAR database layer > * All databases supported by the MDB database layer > * All databases supported by the MDB2 database layer > * Plaintext files > * LDAP servers > * POP3 servers > * IMAP servers > * vpopmail accounts > * RADIUS > * SAMBA password files > * SOAP > hth, Robby On Mon, 2004-08-16 at 10:33, Teren wrote: > Ok, here's the whole project, I have an openbsd box using authpf which uses > authentication via ssh login. So, i'm trying to create a weblogin using php > so people just have to enter their username/password (which would be a > restricted unix account) to gain access to the internet. I have authpf all > setup, but I'd like to add a web login to make it more user friendly. Thanks > > Teren > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michal Migurski" <mike@teczno.com> > To: "Robby Russell" <robby@planetargon.com> > Cc: "Teren" <tsapp9@chartermi.net>; <php-general@lists.php.net> > Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 1:15 PM > Subject: Re: [PHP] 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 > > > > -- /*************************************** * 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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