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use strict;
use Log::Log4perl qw(:easy);
our $VERSION = "0.18";
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sub new {
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my($class, @options) = @_;
my $self = {
default_file => "$ENV{HOME}/.ssh/authorized_keys",
strict => 0,
abort_on_error => 0,
append => 0,
ridiculous_line_len => 100_000,
@options,
};
bless $self, $class;
# We allow keys to be set in the constructor
my $keys = $self->{keys} if exists $self->{keys};
$self->reset();
$self->{keys} = $keys if defined $keys;
return $self;
}
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sub sanity_check {
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my($self, $file) = @_;
$self->{file} = $file if defined $file;
$self->{file} = $self->{default_file} if !defined $self->{file};
my $result = undef;
my $fh;
if(! open $fh, "<$self->{file}") {
ERROR "Cannot open file $self->{file}";
return undef;
}
while(
defined(my $rc =
sysread($fh, my $chunk, $self->{ridiculous_line_len}))) {
if($rc < $self->{ridiculous_line_len}) {
$result = 1;
last;
}
if(index( $chunk, "\n" ) >= 0) {
# contains a newline, looks good
next;
}
# we've got a line that's between ridiculous_line_len and
# 2*ridiculous_line_len characters long. Pull the plug.
$self->error("File $self->{file} contains insanely long lines " .
"(> $self->{ridiculous_line_len} chars");
last;
}
DONE:
close $fh;
if(!$result) {
ERROR "Sanity check of file $self->{file} failed";
}
return $result;
}
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sub keys {
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my($self) = @_;
return @{$self->{keys}};
}
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sub reset {
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my($self) = @_;
$self->{keys} = [];
$self->{content} = "";
$self->{error} = undef;
}
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sub content {
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my($self, $new_content) = @_;
if( defined $new_content ) {
$self->reset();
$self->{content} = $new_content;
}
return $self->{content};
}
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sub line_parse {
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my($self, $line, $line_number) = @_;
chomp $line;
DEBUG "Parsing line [$line]";
$self->error( "" );
my $pk = Net::SSH::AuthorizedKey->parse( $line );
if( !$pk ) {
my $msg = "[$line] rejected by all parsers";
WARN $msg;
$self->error($msg);
return undef;
}
if(! $self->{strict} or $pk->sanity_check()) {
return $pk;
}
WARN "Key [$line] failed sanity check";
if($self->{strict}) {
$self->error( $pk->error() );
return undef;
}
# Key is corrupted, but ok in non-strict mode
return $pk;
}
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sub parse {
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my($self) = @_;
$self->{keys} = [];
$self->{error} = "";
my $line_number = 0;
for my $line (split /\n/, $self->{content}) {
$line_number++;
$line =~ s/^\s+//; # Remove leading blanks
$line =~ s/\s+$//; # Remove trailing blanks
next if $line =~ /^$/; # Ignore empty lines
next if $line =~ /^#/; # Ignore comment lines
my $key = $self->line_parse($line, $line_number);
if( defined $key ) {
push @{$self->{keys}}, $key;
} else {
if($self->{abort_on_error}) {
$self->error("Line $line_number: " . $self->error());
return undef;
}
}
}
return 1;
}
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sub read {
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my($self, $file) = @_;
$self->reset();
$self->{file} = $file if defined $file;
$self->{file} = $self->{default_file} if !defined $self->{file};
$self->{content} = "";
DEBUG "Reading in $self->{file}";
open FILE, "<$self->{file}" or LOGDIE "Cannot open $self->{file}";
while(<FILE>) {
$self->{content} .= $_;
}
close FILE;
return $self->parse();
}
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sub as_string {
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my($self) = @_;
my $string = "";
for my $key ( @{ $self->{keys} } ) {
$string .= $key->as_string . "\n";
}
return $string;
}
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sub save {
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my($self, $file) = @_;
if(!defined $file) {
$file = $self->{file};
}
if(! open FILE, ">$file") {
$self->error("Cannot open $file ($!)");
WARN $self->error();
return undef;
}
print FILE $self->as_string();
close FILE;
}
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sub append {
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my($self, $key) = @_;
$self->{append} = 1;
}
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sub error {
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my($self, $text) = @_;
if(defined $text) {
$self->{error} = $text;
if(length $text) {
ERROR "$text";
}
}
return $self->{error};
}
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sub ssh_dir {
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my($self, $user) = @_;
if(!defined $user) {
my $uid = $>;
$user = getpwuid($uid);
if(!defined $user) {
ERROR "getpwuid of $uid failed ($!)";
return undef;
}
}
my @pwent = getpwnam($user);
if(! defined $pwent[0]) {
ERROR "getpwnam of $user failed ($!)";
return undef;
}
my $home = $pwent[7];
return File::Spec->catfile($home, ".ssh");
}
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sub path_locate {
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my($self, $user) = @_;
my $ssh_dir = $self->ssh_dir($user);
return undef if !defined $ssh_dir;
return File::Spec->catfile($ssh_dir, "authorized_keys");
}
1;
__END__
=head1 NAME
Net::SSH::AuthorizedKeysFile - Read and modify ssh's authorized_keys files
=head1 SYNOPSIS
use Net::SSH::AuthorizedKeysFile;
# Reads $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys by default
my $akf = Net::SSH::AuthorizedKeysFile->new();
$akf->read("authorized_keys");
# Iterate over entries
for my $key ($akf->keys()) {
print $key->as_string(), "\n";
}
# Modify entries:
for my $key ($akf->keys()) {
$key->option("from", 'quack@quack.com');
$key->keylen(1025);
}
# Save changes back to $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys
$akf->save() or die "Cannot save";
=head1 DESCRIPTION
Net::SSH::AuthorizedKeysFile reads and modifies C<authorized_keys> files.
C<authorized_keys> files contain public keys and meta information to
be used by C<ssh> on the remote host to let users in without
having to type their password.
=head1 METHODS
=over 4
=item C<new>
Creates a new Net::SSH::AuthorizedKeysFile object and reads in the
authorized_keys file. The filename
defaults to C<$HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys> unless
overridden with
Net::SSH::AuthorizedKeysFile->new( file => "/path/other_authkeys_file" );
Normally, the C<read> method described below will just silently ignore
faulty lines and only gobble up keys that either one of the two parsers
accepts. If you want it to be stricter, set
Net::SSH::AuthorizedKeysFile->new( file => "authkeys_file",
abort_on_error => 1 );
and read will immediately abort after the first faulty line. Also,
the key parsers are fairly lenient in default mode. Adding
strict => 1
adds sanity checks before a key is accepted.
=item C<read>
Reads in the file defined by new(). By default, strict mode is off and
read() will silently ignore faulty lines. If it's on (see new() above),
read() will immediately abort after the first faulty line. A textual
description of the last error will be available via error().
=item C<content>
Contains the original file content, read by C<read()> earlier. Can be
used to set arbitrary content:
$keysfile->content( "some\nrandom\nlines\n" );
and have C<parse()> operate on a string instead of an actual file
this way.
=item C<keys>
Returns a list of Net::SSH::AuthorizedKey objects. Methods are described in
L<Net::SSH::AuthorizedKey>.
=item C<as_string>
String representation of all keys, ultimately the content that gets
written out when calling the C<save()> method.
Note that comments from the original file are lost.
=item C<save>
Write changes back to the authorized_keys file using the as_string()
method described above. Note that comments from the original file are lost.
Optionally takes a file
name parameter, so calling C<$akf-E<gt>save("foo.txt")> will save the data
in the file "foo.txt" instead of the file the data was read from originally.
Returns 1 if successful, and undef on error. In case of an error, error()
contains a textual error description.
=item C<sanity_check>
Run a sanity check on the currently selected authorized_keys file. If
it contains insanely long lines, then parsing with read() (and potential
crashes because of out-of-memory errors) should be avoided.
=item C<ssh_dir( [$user] )>
Locate the .ssh dir of a given user. If no user name is given, ssh_dir will
look up the .ssh dir of the effective user. Typically returns something like
"/home/gonzo/.ssh".
=item C<path_locate( [$user] )>
Locate the authorized_keys file of a given user. Typically returns something
like "/home/gonzo/.ssh/authorized_keys". See C<ssh_dir()> for how the
containing directory is located with and without a given user name.
=item C<error>
Description of last error that occurred.
=back
=head1 LEGALESE
Copyright 2005-2009 by Mike Schilli, all rights reserved.
This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
=head1 AUTHOR
2005, Mike Schilli <m@perlmeister.com>