On Saturday 24 Sep 2011 11:32:39 Juergen Harms wrote: > On 09/24/2011 12:06 PM, Maarten Vanraes wrote: > > so you're saying that ssh doesn't accept authorized_keys file if it's a > > link? > > That is the evidence - but it did somewhere (couple of weeks back) in > the past, I have used this approach for years.
It "StrictModes" is turned on in sshd_conf I assume the permissions of the link itself is checked. Another possibility is to set AuthorizedKeysFile to point to your file in /etc. Cheers Deri > > have you tried mount --bind it? > > I had not thought about this alternative - I will try and come back with > the result (do not have much experience with mount --bind, want to go > slowly). That means linking the entire .ssh directory. A simple symbolic > link of the entire directory never (if my memory is right) worked, that > is why I linked individual files. Would be a simplification if a mount > --bind can do the job
