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So we need something like a +</I>><i> password database, with permissions to restrict access to only some +</I>><i> people or groups of people. We can store this database on Mageia servers, +</I>><i> but I think it should be encrypted, so that root access on the server +</I>><i> does not give access to the passwords. +</I> +This is not an uncommon requirement, in my work environment we need to be able +to share the local root passwords (e.g. in case a system administrator needs +to be able to restore something that prevents user logins from working). + +However, in work environments, access to privileged passwords may need to be +auditable. + +><i> I have looked at existing tools, but didn't find one that would allow +</I>><i> us to do this easily. So I'm thinking about writting some scripts to do +</I>><i> it. It would work like this : +</I>><i> +</I>><i> - all users first need to upload their gnupg public key in ldap +</I> +I was already considering the requirement for GPG public keys in LDAP for +'privileged user password recovery'. E.g., use the same process as +unprivileged users, but encrypt the key sent to the user with their gpg public +key (providing a second level of authentication - if we consider access to the +mailbox one level). + +I believe there may also an LDAP-based keyserver, which could provide even +more re-use. + +><i> - we have a command to create a password on the server, with a list +</I>><i> of groups/users who can access this password : +</I>><i> $ mgapassword create passwdname %group1 %group2 user1 user2 ... +</I> +Should we leverage existing (e.g. LDAP) groups? + +><i> - a command to save the value of a password : +</I>><i> $ mgapassword set passwdname < value +</I>><i> or +</I>><i> $ mgapassword edit passwdname +</I>><i> - an other command to retrieve a password : +</I>><i> $ mgapassword get passwdname +</I>><i> - a command to list the passwords you can access : +</I>><i> $ mgapassword list +</I>><i> +</I>><i> All commands connect to the server using ssh and the ldap account. When +</I>><i> saving a password, the client ask to the server the list of gpg keys of +</I>><i> all users who should have access to the password, then encrypt the +</I>><i> password with all keys and send it encrypted to the server. +</I> +Where are the passwords stored? + +><i> The command to retrieve a password connect to the server, then the server +</I>><i> sends the password encrypted for the key of the user, which is decrypted +</I>><i> locally using the private gpg key of the user. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> When new users are added into a group, they cannot access passwords +</I>><i> immediatly (as it is not encrypted for their keys), so someone needs to +</I>><i> retrieve and save the passwords, to encrypt them for the new users. +</I> +This general approach was what I was considering for our work environment. + +><i> So, what do you think about this ? Or maybe someone knows existing tools +</I>><i> that can do this ? +</I> +I have not seen any I liked. + +Our work environment has a basic inventory database (the primary use was to +generate kickstart files), the web front end is in ... Catalyst (and possibly +try and implement a more complete CMDB). My plan was to integrate the CatDap +features into this (using CatalystX::Features maybe). Adding a shared password +module that could be tied into CatDap and our work webapp would also be +interesting to me. + +But, for now, a command-line tool would be adequate. + +I will look at the LDAP side (schema, ACLs, suoport for adding GPG public key +from CatDap) over the weekend. + +Regards, +Buchan +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="002781.html">[Mageia-sysadm] Automated Reply Re: " Saving and sharing passwords in mageia teams" +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="002783.html">[Mageia-sysadm] Automated Reply Re: "Re: Saving and sharing passwords in mageia teams" +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#2782">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#2782">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#2782">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#2782">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-sysadm">More information about the Mageia-sysadm +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |