Re: YA change to .ssh/authorized_keys

[Jason Molenda <jason-swarelist@molenda.com>]

On Mon, May 08, 2000 at 06:00:38PM -0400, Chris Faylor wrote:
> It looks like I have another user who needs to upload things to the cygwin
> directory.  This means that his .ssh/authorized_keys file needs to be modified
> to allow more than just cvs access.


Incidentally, this is Yet Another Problem I Didn't Tackle.

Until recently, we'd only had two or three external developers who
needed access only to upload files.  eCos has one and bartv thought
I was a loser for giving the ext person full login access just to
upload files. :-)

I don't know how this should be handled.  anon-ftp-upload is one
possibility (or plaintext passworded ftp upload) with a crontab
that would move the uploaded files to another part of the ftp tree.
The problems with this kind of automated facility are obvious.  I
don't know of any way to allow only scp access, and really you'd
want to allow only scp to one part of the file hierarchy.

Maybe folks on the net have come up with good solutions, or have
settled on methods that involve by-hand intervention of maintainers.
I just punted and gave them full login access.

Jason