Re: Net::SSH::Perl security question

On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:49:39 -0800, Joe wrote:

We have a need to allow users to submit a job through a web server
(front end machine) to run on back end cluster machines. I made use of
Net::SSH::Perl in a CGI program to realize this. One thing I notice is
that the CGI program requires a "/.ssh/known_hosts2" at the top path of
the file system on the front end machine where Apache is running. I
wonder does this potentially compromise any security on the system?
Need expert advice ...

Just guessing but....

The CGI is probably looking for $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts2. Which means that
either the HOME variable is not filled, or the user has / as his homedir.

M4
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