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How do I add SSH keys for 'apache' user in Linux?
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I am trying to add a service hook to github to notify a URL once I push to my repo. I have the following php page set up:
<?php `git pull origin master`; However I get the following output:
sh: git: Permission denied This is because the keys I generated for github access were generated by my 'root' user. However when I exectue a command from php it is the 'apache' user that runs it.
The keys therefore do not correspond and permission is denied to pull.
As I cannot switch user from the terminal to generate keys as 'apache', I am not too sure what to do. Can anyone suggest a solution?
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Open a terminal and use the ssh-keygen command with the -C flag to create a new SSH key pair. Replace the following: KEY_FILENAME : the name for your SSH key file. For example, a filename of my-ssh-key generates a private key file named my-ssh-key and a public key file named my-ssh-key.
"ssh keys should never be generated for another user": That is true in the simple case. But consider multiple identities of the same physical person, for example.
As you are root, you can try it sudo -u apache ssh-keygen -t rsa
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You may have to copy the root generated keys in the .ssh directory of your apache user.
Assuming the homedir of apache is /var/www (check /etc/passwd) and the named key is id_rsa-git :
mkdir -p /var/www/.ssh/ cp /root/.ssh/id_rsa-git /var/www/.ssh/id_rsa No need to copy the public key.
Note : by default the key used are id_rsa or id_dsa. You may change the name of the copied key to match this.
You may also change ownership of the id_rsa key and .ssh directory:
chown -R apache:apache /var/www/.ssh chmod 0700 /var/www/.ssh chmod 0600 /var/www/.ssh/id_rsa If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
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