GUI for SSH key-based authentication

[biggsy]

I manually added a /root/.ssh/authorized_keys file to my XigmaNAS server.
PuTTY/KiTTY and Filezilla work fine with a key pair created through PuTTYgen.
However, the .ssh directory and the authorized_keys file are gone after the next boot.

My feature request is a GUI-based method for enabling SSH access to XigmaNAS with key-based authentication that is persistent across reboots.

Perhaps a section: System > Advanced Setup > SSH Server that:
1. provides a checkbox to enable the SSH server (default unchecked)
2. provides a checkbox to disable password authentication (default unchecked)
3. allows configuration of the port number for SSH (default 22 and independent of the SSH client config)

Under Access > Users
1. expose the admin/root user as a valid user of the system.

A section under Access > Users > Edit that:
1. provides a place to enter the contents of the authorized_keys file for the user being edited.

A change to the Services menu to show "SSH Client" and "FTP Client", rather than "SSH" and "FTP".

I hope this can be considered for a future release.

[raulfg3]

GUI exist on services:

https://www.xigmanas.com/wiki/doku.php? ... rvices_ssh

https://www.xigmanas.com/wiki/doku.php? ... entication

[biggsy]

Hi raulfg3,

Thanks for replying but surely this mostly is for outbound SSH. Why would a private key be required?

Somewhere to enter the public key for authorized clients is needed.

cheers,
biggsy

[JoseMR]

An "Authorized keys" paste box as per user basis from the WebGUI, that will generate the required key(s) in .ssh will be nice indeed.

However one simple solution for Embedded users is to create a PostInit command that will CP or even LINK the "/mnt/mydata/.ssh" content to "/root" for example, this way you can directly work with "authorized_keys", "id_rsa", "known_hosts" etc as you like, just keep the permissions not too wide as usual.

Regards