On Fri, 2009-05-22 at 13:57 +1200, chris bayley wrote:
> chris bayley wrote:
> > Hi bods,
> >
> > I wish to create a guest account on a machine where that account
> > exists purely for the ability to connect via SSH and create tunnels.
> > There is no requirement for an interactive shell on the host machine.
> > What then I can I specify as the guest accounts shell ???
> > I have noted various 'restricted shells' such as rbash and rssh but
> > they still do more than I need. Really all I want is MOTD and logout.
> > What do you suggest ?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Chris
> Looks as though I have found what I am looking for. The description is
> perfect - we await the testing...
> ; )
>
> http://www.mariovaldez.net/software/sleepshell/
>
> Chris
Last time I did this, I set up a dedicated ssh daemon, and used the
ForceCommand directive to point to a shellscript that basically just
did...
while true
do
$Echo -n "."
sleep 10
done
My view was that this was the simplest and safest option. These days,
I'd probably use openvpn instead (:
Steve
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