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Title
What sudo permissions are required when automatically deploying the SSH keys? -
Description
When using SSH Key authentication what permissions need to be delegated via sudo to deploy a SSH key? -
Resolution
Linux and most Unix-based systems:- chmod
- chown
- cp
- egrep
- grep
- mv
- passwd
- rm
- tee
- test
- touch
For example, on a Linux system add the following line in the sudoers file:<SerAcctName> ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /bin/chmod, /bin/chown, /bin/cp, /bin/egrep, /bin/grep, /bin/mv, /bin/rm, /usr/bin/passwd, /usr/bin/tee, /usr/bin/test, /usr/bin/touch