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Re: hosts based open ssh authentication



On Sat, Nov 01, 2014 at 09:50:44PM +0000, Bhasker C V wrote:
> Hi all
> 
>  I have a system in a cluster (experimental) and there are a lot of
> debian machines which depend on this system and must be able to ssh into
> this system
> 
> I wanted password-less authentication and looked on the internet.
> Almost all the examples and help shown involves setting up
> ssh_known_hosts which I am trying to avoid (cumbersome in a large
> network where we dont know who will need access).
> 
> Anyone got this working just plain without adding known hosts ? I do not
> want to add each and every host to ssh_known_host. Essentially I want to
> have an open access to one of the servers via ssh.

It sounds like you want RFC4255 (SSHFP records)
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4255

As I understand it, the SSH server publishes its fingerprint in DNS
records, which the client can query and verify, thus avoiding the "Would
you like to save this fingerprint" prompt.

> 
> I tried running sshd as root and adding
> 
> auth sufficient pam_rootok.so
> 
> to pam ssh and login
> but that did not help.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Bhasker C V
> 
> 
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