Enabling ssh from the command line

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How do you enable ssh for a particular group via the command line?

MacBook Pro (15-inch Early 2008), Mac OS X (10.5.6), ACSA ACT CCA

Posted on Mar 20, 2009 9:51 AM

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The command:

systemsetup -setremotelogin on

Will turn on SSH. How do I limit ssh to members of a specified group?

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you can try editing /etc/sshd_config to include AllowUsers or AllowGroups directives. that should do it.

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Thanks for the idea, but I solved it earlier today. The script is on my blog.

http://themacadmin.com/2009/03/20/script-enable-ssh-limit-to-admin-group/

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