Re: wildcard authorized principal?

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On Sat, 16 Feb 2019, Peter Moody wrote:

> I suspect the answer to this is no, but say I have a setup where I
> have a server with a shared user account and I want anyone with a
> valid cert to be able to use that shared user. Is there a wildcard
> AuthorizedPrincipal I can specify in my sshd_config to mean, "any
> user"?

No, they must match exactly.

> Alternatively, is there a way I can see the valid principals that the
> incoming cert has in the AuthorizedPrincipalsCommand? It didn't appear
> to be possible with the available TOKENS.

No, you'd have to parse the certificate itself to get at that ATM.

> I would like to not have to enumerate every possible user because the
> posix accounts don't exist on this shared machine and getting a
> complete list of principals should be unnecessary considering our
> certificate authority has validated the user(s)

IMO the best way to handle this it to put a common principal into
every certificate, e.g. "shared-machines" and authorise that principal
on the shared machine(s).

-d
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