Already in use

[Ivan Kohler]

On Sun, Dec 20, 1998 at 07:03:21PM +1100, Mark Williamson wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I did make Freeside add users to a stand alone machine..    That was
> installing SSH to the local machine..  then giving the root acounts
> public key to the Freeside user... etc    having an entry in .shost for
> the localmachine..  and yes very inportant when creating the SSH key use
> no phases.. so that you machine can log straight through without
> prompts..     Next be careful..  if you manage to get that to work.. 
> Freeside will wipeout your passwd and your shadows files..

Only if you've explicitly added an entry for your machine into the
`shellmachines' configuration file and run bin/svc_acct.export!  (or
bsdshellmachine, or nismachines, depending) 

An entry in the `shellmachine' configuration file (notice not plural) will
cause the `useradd' command to be run on that machine but won't overwrite
passwd and shadow like the above.

>  just leaving
> the added user in the files.. so there will also be a need for a hack
> for the svc_acct.export file in the freeside/bin dir.. so the  it will
> not totaly replace the passwd file..   I just modified the code so that
> I had a preserved part of the passwd and shadows files..

Yes, Cerkit sent me a patch against 1.0.0 with similar functionality,
though everything is in the database.  I'll be integrating it into the
next release.

The general idea is that you _import_ the existing users using
bin/svc_acct.import before you do this, so that when you export new copies
of passwd and shadow, your existing users are already there.

> Just be carefull if you follow these instructions though..  the secuity
> of your machine when it is online could be compermised, so only use for
> testing and learning..  that's what I done..

Good luck!  Tell me if you have any questions.

> Jay wrote:
> > 
> > So, it is not feasible to run FreeSide on the same machine that it will
> > add users to for testing purposes? This will not be the architecture of
> > any final implementation, however for testing, it would be nice to be able
> > to add users at localhost. This way, I don't have to sacrafice two machines
> > for testing.
> > 
> > ~Jay
> > 
> > On Sat, 19 Dec 1998, Ivan Kohler wrote:
> > 
> > > DON'T RUN FREESIDE ON A MACHINE WITH USER ACCOUNTS!!!
> > >
> > > That said, if you want Freeside to add users to REMOTE machines, you need
> > > to follow the directions at the bottom of htdocs/docs/export.html.
> > >
> > > On Fri, Dec 18, 1998 at 04:45:42PM -0700, Jay wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Here's a new one. When I go to add a user account via the FreeSide system,
> > > > it is added to the PostgreSQL database, but never added to the system. The
> > > > web browser just hangs for about 5 minutes, then times out with a no data
> > > > error. During that 'time out', if I do a 'ps auxwww' I see the ssh useradd
> > > > command hanging; it looks like ssh is never able to connect to
> > > > root at localhost to add the user. After it times out, if I sumbit the same
> > > > data again, it tells me that the username is already in use. Then, if I
> > > > got back to the main menu and browse the database, it shows all of the
> > > > users there, but still they were never entered into the password file.
> > > >
> > > > Any sugguestions about how to get ssh to complete the process? Thanks. :)
> > > >
> > > > ~Jay

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Ivan Kohler <ivan at sisd.com> - finger for PGP key - <moc.dsis at navi> relhoK navI
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