setuid for "ssh"

[Gavin McDonald]

Why can't you simply su to root, then start ssh.  I'm sure the list will
correct me if I'm wrong, but I think running ssh _as_ root is a huge
security hole.  (If it is even possible...)

Regards,

Gavin McDonald
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email: me at gavitron.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-
> bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Sachin Bhugra
> Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 12:37 PM
> To: redhat-list at redhat.com
> Subject: setuid for "ssh"
> 
> Hello,
> 
>  Can anybody pls tell me how to "setuid root" for ssh. I set the suid
> bit for ssh and it looks like:
> 
> -rws--x--x 1 root root 217208 Sep 17 2003 /usr/bin/ssh
> 
> But the problem is, when i try to use ssh as normal user, then it runs
> with normal user permissions and not with root. Say if i start ssh
> under user account "abc", then ps -Af shows:
> 
> abc 1671 1636 0 00:46 pts/2 00:00:00 ssh 192.168.0.10
> 
> That means it is starting with the authority of the user and not root.
> 
> any ideas??
> 
> PS: I am doing this to set RhostsAuthentication with /etc/hosts.equiv,
> on my private network, but cannot get it to work.
> 
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