You're right, this give users an out. I forgot the ~/.ssh/rc check. Your approach to set the users' shell to a script seem better On Dec 4, 2007 8:17 PM, Carl G. Riches <cgr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 4 Dec 2007, mups.cp wrote: > > > Carl, > > > > You don't need set the everyone's login shell, you could use > > /etc/ssh/sshrc and put your code or your a call to it in it. > > Is /etc/ssh/sshrc run in the case where a user has a private ~/.ssh/rc > file? The information here: > > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/sshtdg/chapter/ch08.html > > states that it is not. Also, the sshd(8) man page says: > > If ~/.ssh/rc exists, runs it; else if /etc/ssh/sshrc exists, > runs it; otherwise runs xauth. The "rc" files are given the > X11 authentication protocol and cookie in standard input. > > This gives the user an out. > > Carl > > > > > > > > On Dec 4, 2007 7:41 PM, Carl G. Riches <cgr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On Tue, 4 Dec 2007, Bill Tangren wrote: > >> > >>> A new policy has been implemented here at work. The old policy stated > >>> that, when someone logs in to a system via ssh, I had to display a consent > >>> to monitor banner, which is easy to implement. > >>> > >>> The new policy, however, requires that the user has to somehow signify > >>> that they have read and will abide by the policy. In essence, I have to > >>> get a yes or no input from the user, possibly just after they log on, and > >>> if they say no, log them off. If they say yes, they get to proceed. > >>> > >>> My question: what is the best way to implement this? I have to make sure > >>> the user cannot remove this functionality for future logins, so I can't > >>> put it in any of their login scripts. This is easy to implement for GUI > >>> logins, but I don't know the best way to proceed for ssh. Any ideas? > >>> > >> > >> We did a somewhat-similar task at a place where I used to work. We set > >> everyone's login shell to a locally-written perl script. That perl script > >> did things such as ensure that the user had permission to log in to the > >> system, check the user's quota, print out a blurb, then exec( )'d tcsh. > >> It needed some interupt handling, though, to fit what you want to do. I > >> don't have the code anymore, but this might give you an idea of what > >> direction to go. (Would you need to record user's answers to your > >> question in a database for future reference? This might give you that > >> ability.) > >> > >> HTH, > >> Carl > >> > >> -- > >> Carl G. Riches > >> Software Engineer > >> Department of Biostatistics > >> Box 357232 voice: 206-616-2725 > >> University of Washington fax: 206-543-3286 > >> Seattle, WA 98195-7232 internet: cgr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> > >> > >> -- > >> redhat-list mailing list > >> unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > >> > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list