sshpiper/plugin/workingdir/README.md
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# Working Directory plugin for sshpiperd
`Working Dir` is a `/home`-like directory.
sshpiperd read files from `workingdir/[username]/` to know upstream's configuration.
e.g.
```
workingdir tree
.
├── github
│   └── sshpiper_upstream
└── linode
└── sshpiper_upstream
```
when `ssh sshpiper_host -l github`,
sshpiper reads `workingdir/github/sshpiper_upstream` and the connect to the upstream.
## Usage
```
sshpiperd workingdir --root /var/sshpiper
```
### options (allow supported read from environments)
```
--allow-baduser-name allow bad username (default: false) [$SSHPIPERD_WORKINGDIR_ALLOWBADUSERNAME]
--no-check-perm disable 0400 checking (default: false) [$SSHPIPERD_WORKINGDIR_NOCHECKPERM]
--no-password-auth disable password authentication and only use public key authentication (default: false) [$SSHPIPERD_WORKINGDIR_NOPASSWORD_AUTH]
--root value path to root working directory (default: "/var/sshpiper") [$SSHPIPERD_WORKINGDIR_ROOT]
--strict-hostkey upstream host public key must be in known_hosts file, otherwise drop the connection (default: false) [$SSHPIPERD_WORKINGDIR_STRICTHOSTKEY]
```
## User files
*These file MUST NOT be accessible to group or other. (chmod og-rwx filename)*
* sshpiper_upstream
* line starts with `#` are treated as comment
* only the first not comment line will be parsed
* if no port was given, 22 will be used as default
* if `user@` was defined, username to upstream will be the mapped one
```
# comment
[user@]upstream[:22]
```
```
e.g.
git@github.com
google.com:12345
```
* authorized_keys
OpenSSH format `authorized_keys` (see `~/.ssh/authorized_keys`). `downstream`'s public key must be in this file to get verified in order to use `id_rsa` to login to `upstream`.
* id_rsa
RSA key for upstream.
* known_hosts
when `--strict-hostkey` is set, upstream server's public key must present in known_hosts
## Recursive mode (--recursive-search)
`--recursive-search` will search all sub directories of the `username` directory to find the `downstream` key in `authorized_keys` file.
```
├── git
│ ├── bitbucket
│ │ └── sshpiper_upstream
│ ├── github
│ │ ├── authorized_keys
│ │ ├── id_rsa
│ │ └── sshpiper_upstream
│ └── gitlab
│ └── sshpiper_upstream
├── linode....
```
## TOTP
`--check-totp` will check the TOTP 2FA before connecting to the upstream, compatible with all [RFC6238](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6238) authenticator, for example: `google authenticator`, `azure authenticator`.
the secret should be stored in `totp` file in working directory.
for example:
```
/var/sshpiper/username/totp
```
## FAQ
* Q: Why sshpiperd still asks for password even I disabled password auth in upstream (different behavior from `v0`)
A: You may want `--no-password-auth`, see <https://github.com/tg123/sshpiper/issues/97>
* Q: What if I want to use a different key type for the SSH server instead of RSA?
A: The [`workingdir` plugin hard-codes for `id_rsa` for simplicity](https://github.com/tg123/sshpiper/issues/554#issue-2959158335). Consider a different plugin like `yaml` if you need more flexibility.