Re: Net::OpenSSH - connection from out a CGI script fails

Let the script create a file in /tmp then you know as which users the script runs

If the problem is the .ssh dir, would it be possible to create .ssh/known_hosts as a link to /dev/null? That would keep ssh happy writing to it (hopefully) and reading would always show an empty file

To simulate the problem. make an write-protected empty .ssh in your home dir and execute the script. Same error message means you have found the problem

If not, in many cases like this different environment variables are the culprit

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Re^2: Net::OpenSSH - connection from out a CGI script fails by salva (Canon) on Jan 20, 2012 at 10:17 UTC
If the problem is the .ssh dir, would it be possible to create .ssh/known_hosts as a link to /dev/null? That would keep ssh happy writing to it (hopefully) and reading would always show an empty file That opens the door for man-in-the-middle attacks!	[reply]
Re^3: Net::OpenSSH - connection from out a CGI script fails by jethro (Monsignor) on Jan 20, 2012 at 12:20 UTC
Sure, but it is not worse than the directory where there is no .ssh and no writing allowed at all (i.e. the situation as it seems to be now)	[reply]
Re^4: Net::OpenSSH - connection from out a CGI script fails by jero2528 (Initiate) on Mar 14, 2017 at 14:16 UTC
I have similar problem but i can't find other way, i think that is better create a pair keys public between host for resolve the problem...	[reply]