resh
resh is a shell that only allows the execution of previously
defined commands.
It is useful when you need to limit a user to a limited set of predefined commands, e.g. to run nagios commands over ssh instead of NRPE.
Usage
Define aliases for the commands you want to allow in the commands section of
/etc/resh.toml:
$ cat /etc/resh.toml
[commands]
foo = "echo hello"Next set resh as the login shell for the user you want to restrict. The user will now only be able to execute the predefined commands:
# su - example_user
Usage: -resh <command alias>
# su - example_user bar
Undefined command alias: bar
# su - example_user foo
helloOr using ssh:
$ ssh example_user@localhost foo
helloAlternative config file locations
You can specify an alternative config file by setting the RESH_CONFIG
environmental variable. For example, to specify a config file per ssh key:
$ cat ~example_user/.ssh/authorized_keys
environment="RESH_CONFIG=/home/test/resh.toml" 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 example_user@exampleUse resh without changing the login shell
If you don't want to change the user's login shell, you can force resh on a
per-key basis by setting the command option for the ssh public key:
$ cat ~example_user/.ssh/authorized_keys
command="/usr/local/bin/resh" 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 example_user@exampleFull ssh authorized_keys example
$ cat ~example_user/.ssh/authorized_keys
command="/usr/local/bin/resh",environment="RESH_CONFIG=/usr/local/etc/resh.toml",restrict 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 example_user@exampleFor more information on the options you can specify in the authorized_keys
file, refer to the AUTHORIZED_KEYS FILE FORMAT section of man 8 sshd. You
may especially be interested in the restrict option, which disables
features like tcp port forwarding.
Building
To build resh, you will need rust and cargo. Then, from the repo root directory:
cargo build --releaseThe resulting binary will be written to target/release/resh.
Future ideas
- Possibly support an IncludeDir option in the config file, for easier provisioning from e.g. puppet or ansible.
- Provide pre-build binaries for OpenBSD, FreeBSD and linux.
Feedback & Questions
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