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Lito
Asked: 2017-03-15 12:26:25 +0800 CST

Login some users as root with SSH and LDAP

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I have a SSH + LDAP installation with users public keys stored in LDAP.

I want that when some user in a list (configured into server) do a ssh connection with ssh user@server always log in as root. user user not exists on server, only on LDAP.

Now I have working this steps if I have configured my LDAP uid as root and ssh connection is ssh root@server.

But I need to login with ssh user@server.

Is SSH able to do this map?

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ssh ldap users public-key

1 Answers

  1. On the SSH server, try adding the following line to bottom of /etc/passwd for the ldap user:

    user:x:0:0::/root:/bin/bash

    (replace user with the ldap username)

    This will map the username user to root. I know it works if you have a corresponding entry in the shadow file and log in using that type of auth. So hopefully will work without the shadow entry for LDAP.

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