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NAME

ssh-auth-cmd-marionette - ssh ~/.ssh/authorized_keys command for Firefox::Marionette

VERSION

Version 1.53

USAGE

~/.ssh/authorized_keys entry to allow the remote user to run a default firefox as user@server (all syslog entries go to LOG_LOCAL0)

   no-agent-forwarding,no-pty,no-X11-forwarding,permitopen="127.0.0.1:*",command="/usr/local/bin/ssh-auth-cmd-marionette" ssh-rsa AAAA ... == user@server

~/.ssh/authorized_keys entry to allow the remote user to run a default firefox as user@server (all syslog entries go to LOG_LOCAL1)

   no-agent-forwarding,no-pty,no-X11-forwarding,permitopen="127.0.0.1:*",command="/usr/local/bin/ssh-auth-cmd-marionette --facility=LOG_LOCAL1" ssh-rsa AAAA ... == user@server

~/.ssh/authorized_keys entry to force the remote user to run /path/to/firefox when logging in as user@server (all syslog entries go to LOG_LOCAL0)

   no-agent-forwarding,no-pty,no-X11-forwarding,permitopen="127.0.0.1:*",command="/usr/local/bin/ssh-auth-cmd-marionette --force-binary=/path/to/firefox" ssh-rsa AAAA ... == user@server

~/.ssh/authorized_keys entry to allow the remote user to run /path/to/firefox or /path/to/waterfox when logging in as user@server (all syslog entries go to LOG_LOCAL0)

   no-agent-forwarding,no-pty,no-X11-forwarding,permitopen="127.0.0.1:*",command="/usr/local/bin/ssh-auth-cmd-marionette --allow-binary=/path/to/firefox --allow-binary=/path/to/waterfox" ssh-rsa AAAA ... == user@server

DESCRIPTION

This program is intended to allow secure remote usage of the perl Firefox::Marionette library via ssh. It allows a list of pre-defined commands that can be permitted via ssh public key authentication.

Be default, it will log all commands that the remote perl library requests to run on this machine to the LOG_LOCAL0 syslog facility. If desired, syslog messages can be sent to a facility of your choosing, using the syslog(3) documentation for a list of allowed facilities and the --facility argument for this program.

An example .ssh/authorized_keys file using this program would look like this

   no-agent-forwarding,no-pty,no-X11-forwarding,permitopen="127.0.0.1:*",command="/usr/local/bin/ssh-auth-cmd-marionette" ssh-rsa AAAA ... == user@server

By default, the only firefox version that may be used will be present in the PATH environment variable. However, the remote user may be permitted to specify the path to a different firefox binary with (multiple) --allow-binary parameters, or simply forced to use the firefox that the local user is setup for with the --force-binary parameter.

REQUIRED ARGUMENTS

None

OPTIONS

Option names can be abbreviated to uniqueness and can be stated with singe or double dashes, and option values can be separated from the option name by a space or '=' (as with Getopt::Long). Option names are also case- sensitive.

  • --help - This page.

  • --version - print the version of ssh-auth-cmd-marionette.

  • --facility - use facility for syslog messages, instead of the default LOG_LOCAL0.

  • --allow-binary - allow this path to be used in calls to new. This option may be specified multiple times

  • --force-binary - regardless of the settings that new() requests, send all requests for the firefox binary to the path requested.

  • --scp-only - do not allow use of the SFTP protocol. See the scp parameter in the new() method.

CONFIGURATION

ssh-auth-cmd-marionette requires no configuration files or environment variables.

DEPENDENCIES

ssh-auth-cmd-marionette requires the following non-core Perl modules

DIAGNOSTICS

Check syslog for any errors

The following command will show syslog on OS X.

log show --info --predicate 'process=="perl5.18"' --last 10m

INCOMPATIBILITIES

This program depends on exec and hence will not work in a Windows environment. Always interested in any ssh incompatibilities. Patches welcome.

EXIT STATUS

This program will either exec a permitted program or exit with a 1.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

To report a bug, or view the current list of bugs, please visit https://github.com/david-dick/firefox-marionette/issues

AUTHOR

David Dick <ddick@cpan.org>

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2024, David Dick <ddick@cpan.org>. All rights reserved.

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See "perlartistic" in perlartistic.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY

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