diff --git a/doc/todo/ssh__95__user_+_sudo/comment_1_3bc008e42587a3313f81ee740d7d80f0._comment b/doc/todo/ssh__95__user_+_sudo/comment_1_3bc008e42587a3313f81ee740d7d80f0._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e0dc1d7 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/ssh__95__user_+_sudo/comment_1_3bc008e42587a3313f81ee740d7d80f0._comment @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="http://joeyh.name/" + ip="209.250.56.214" + subject="comment 1" + date="2014-04-21T13:31:13Z" + content=""" +Running propellor that way would probably need ssh to allocate a tty in order for sudo's password prompt to work. And it adds complexity. Does it add security? I don't think so, PermitRootLogin=without-password or PasswordAuthentication=no is not going to let anyone brute force the root account. + +PermitRootLogin=forced-commands-only might be worth making easy to set up, so the only command that can be run with some special propellor-specific ssh key is propellor. +"""]]