Common shared home directory

From: Christian Pruett (christianpruett_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 05/21/03

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    I have a Unix system that has two userids with a common home
    directory. These two userids need to both use ssh for communication.
    Is there any way to specify two unique home directories or key files
    so that the userids can use ssh? If it helps, the userids can have
    the same keys. Here are the ways I have thought about making it work:

    --Two ssh directories, such as $HOME/.ssh_user1 and $HOME/.ssh_user2.
    Is there a flag for setting up directories in this manner?

    --One common key readable that can be used by both userids in a common
    .ssh directory. The problem I see here is a matter of permissions as
    ssh doesn't like promiscuous permissions (660 for the directory) and
    ownership of the key (who would own the key?).

    --One common .ssh directory with two keys, such as
    $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys_user1 and $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys_user2.
     I would think that ssh would not like looking for keys with unusual
    names, plus there is still a concern with permissions for the .ssh
    directory.

    Anyone have any insight? I scoured the archives and couldn't find any
    good answer. Thanks in advance.

    --Christian

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