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Jocke Med Kniven
Jocke Med Kniven

Reputation: 4049

SSH ProxyCommand change user after connect

I need to be able to connect to a host through another host because of firewall limitations. I'm currently able to connect successfully with the ProxyCommand option. But now I need to change the user after connecting to the destination host, from user_one to user_two.

My current config file:

Host destination
Hostname destination.example.com
User user_one
ProxyCommand ssh -W %h:%p fw.example.com
IdentityFile /Users/local_user/.ssh/id_rsa

I have all the necessary keys for connecting as user_one, but I need to sudo su user_two to be able to login as that user. And I need to act as that user in order to write files through sftp. (This is a webserver).

So how can I automatically switch to user_two?

Upvotes: 6

Views: 4246

Answers (1)

Ruurtjan Pul
Ruurtjan Pul

Reputation: 1377

You can use RemoteCommand to switch users immediately after logging in. Your .ssh/config would then be:

Host destination
    Hostname destination.example.com
    User user_one
    ProxyCommand ssh -W %h:%p fw.example.com
    IdentityFile /Users/local_user/.ssh/id_rsa
    RemoteCommand sudo su - user_two
    RequestTTY yes

Note that you may also need to add RequestTTY yes, if the remote server requires a TTY when running sudo.

Upvotes: 2

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