Net::SSH::Perl::Auth::UsertContributed Perl DocNet::SSH::Perl::Auth::Rhosts(3)NAMENet::SSH::Perl::Auth::Rhosts - Perform Rhosts authentication
SYNOPSIS
use Net::SSH::Perl::Auth;
my $auth = Net::SSH::Perl::Auth->new('Rhosts', $ssh);
print "Valid auth" if $auth->authenticate;
DESCRIPTIONNet::SSH::Perl::Auth::Rhosts performs Rhosts authentication with a
remote sshd server. When you create a new Rhosts auth object, you give
it an $ssh object, which should contain an open connection to an ssh
daemon, as well as any data that the authentication module needs to
proceed. In this case, the $ssh object must contain the name of the
user trying to open the connection.
Rhosts authentication is fairly simple from a protocol point of view.
However, note that the sshd server will require your client to be
running on a privileged port (below 1024); this will, in turn, likely
require your client to be running as root. If your client is not
running on a privileged port, the Rhosts authentication request will be
denied.
If you're running as root, Net::SSH::Perl should automatically detect
that and try to start up on a privileged port. If for some reason that
isn't happening, take a look at the Net::SSH::Perl docs.
With that aside, to use Rhosts authentication the client sends a
request to the server to authenticate it, including the name of the
user trying to authenticate. The server uses its shosts.equiv,
hosts.equiv, etc. files to determine whether the user/host should be
allowed access.
AUTHOR & COPYRIGHTS
Please see the Net::SSH::Perl manpage for author, copyright, and
license information.
perl v5.14.1 2003-12-03 Net::SSH::Perl::Auth::Rhosts(3)
