[blueflow]

> And since the sshd approach doesn't allow you to restrict root access to only certain commands [...]

The ForcedCommand infrastructure.

[flakes]

There's also a command argument that can be provided in the authorized keys setup, which can force connections with a particular key to hit an entry-point application.

[blueflow]

This is the ForcedCommand mechanism.

[bandie91]

note, that even with ForcedCommand, sshd still executes ~/.ssh/rc in the user's name, so she can execute arbitrary command once she can write the rc file (unless disabled by PermitUserRC).

shameless plug: you can prevent this by https://github.com/bAndie91/tools/tree/master/ssh-groupcomma...