changing bug history to refer to ~/.monkeysphere instead of ~/.config/monkeysphere...

[monkeysphere.git] / website / bugs / setup-test-server-for-public.mdwn

diff --git a/website/bugs/setup-test-server-for-public.mdwn b/website/bugs/setup-test-server-for-public.mdwn
index b659b53ad9917b270f3a25aeaa474d938341eeea..65fa893ab49886ef0fa62d2656b89afcfe8a8f96 100644 (file)
--- a/website/bugs/setup-test-server-for-public.mdwn
+++ b/website/bugs/setup-test-server-for-public.mdwn
@@ -14,11 +14,15 @@ authentication, I guess.
 
 -- Big Jimmy.
 
-> Maybe we should use George? As you point out - it doesn't actually
-> have to do any user authentication. It seems like a waste to have a
-> virtual machine that does nothing but deny people's ssh connections.
-> And - george is already setup and ready to go.
-> -- Sir Jam Jam
+---
+
+Maybe we should use George? As you point out - it doesn't actually
+have to do any user authentication. It seems like a waste to have a
+virtual machine that does nothing but deny people's ssh connections.
+And - george is already setup and ready to go.
+-- Sir Jam Jam
+
+---
 
 I like the idea of using George for this.  There's nothing wrong with
 denying people's ssh connections.  Also, we could make public user
@@ -38,3 +42,43 @@ write a simple note like:
        
        You can verify george's ssh host key with the monkeysphere
        before you connect to the host.  Here's how...
+
+--dkg
+
+---
+
+So do we agree that george is doing what we want, and we can therefore
+close this bug?
+
+-- BJ (jgr)
+
+---
+
+I'm fine with closing this bug, unless we want to set up the limited
+shell access/welcome letter like i described above.  If we want to do
+that, it'd be worth keeping it open until those scripts are written.
+
+I envision a script you'd invoke like:
+
+       root@george# addmsuser foo 'Foo T. Bar <foo@example.org>'
+
+Which would create the `foo` account, populate
+`~foo/.monkeysphere/authorized_user_ids`, make a note in a log
+someplace, and send a welcome letter.
+
+--dkg
+
+---
+
+That idea really seems like a lot more trouble than it's worth to me,
+and I'm not really willing to maintain it myself, but if someone else
+wants to handle that, that would be fine with me.
+
+-- jgr
+
+---
+
+i'm not really willing to maintain anything extra either, so i'm
+closing this ticket as [[bugs/done]].
+
+--dkg