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Date:      Tue, 10 Oct 2006 15:03:18 -0700
From:      Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
To:        martinko <gamato@pobox.sk>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ssh tunnel - remote access through nat
Message-ID:  <C00CADF4-AE1F-4F79-934B-17F1B30FE7E2@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <452C16E0.1010903@pobox.sk>
References:  <715841970607251003o1d358d3dl894291f50a0b8053@mail.gmail.com> <200607261247.53917.nvass@teledomenet.gr> <452C16E0.1010903@pobox.sk>

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On Oct 10, 2006, at 2:55 PM, martinko wrote:
> [ ... ]
> The thing is that if I just simply create an rc script to achieve  
> this,
> the script is run under root and ssh cannot make use of public key
> authentication which is set up now for a user running it manually.
> Or is there a way to change identity somehow or to run an rc script
> under different user account ??

Of course.  One can use "su -" to run a command under another user,  
or use the "ssh -i" option to pass the user's identity (ie, their SSH  
private key) directly...

-- 
-Chuck




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