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How to etablish an SSH2 tunnel with php ? [message #177469] Sat, 31 March 2012 16:40 Go to next message
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The purpose is to query a remote PostgreSQL database via an ssh tunnel.

If i do the tunnel "by hand" from terminal using :
$ ssh -L 3333:localhost:5432 yt@iMac

then, i can query a remote database :
$host="localhost";
$port=3333;
$username='yt';
$password='topsecret';
$db = new PDO("pgsql:dbname=$dbname;host=$host;port=$port",
$username, $password );
$ret=$db->query('SELECT * FROM categories;');
if($ret){
while($row=$ret->fetch()){
print_r($row);
}
}else{
echo 'Error';
}

i've installes libssh2 for PHP on this computer, here is part of my
info.php :

SSH2 support enabled
extension version 0.11.2
libssh2 version 1.2.6
banner SSH-2.0-libssh2_1.2.6
remote forwarding enabled
hostbased auth enabled
polling support enabled
publickey subsystem enabled

however, even if i can "connect", authentification fail, either using
password or keys...

the code used :
function connect_to($machine)
{
$connection=@ssh2_connect($machine, 22, array("hostkey"=>"ssh-dsa"));
if(!$connection){
echo "No connection.<br />\n";
return false;
} else {
echo "Connection établie.<br />\n";
}

$fingerprint=@ssh2_fingerprint($connection, SSH2_FINGERPRINT_MD5 |
SSH2_FINGERPRINT_HEX);
echo "\$fingerprint = $fingerprint<br />\n";

/* Utilisation de public/private key */
if(@ssh2_auth_pubkey_file($connection, "yt",
'/home/yt/.ssh/id_dsa.pub', '/home/yt/.ssh/id_dsa',
'my -valid- passphrase')){
echo "Authentification réussie.<br />\n";
return array($connection,$fingerprint);
} else {
echo "Échec de l'authentification.<br />\n";
return false;
}
}

notice i get "Connection établie" and also the fingerprint.

if after the print out of fingerprint i try a command i get nothing
after an amout of time but without error :
$stdout_stream=@ssh2_exec($connection, 'ls -al');
Re: How to etablish an SSH2 tunnel with php ? [message #177471 is a reply to message #177469] Sat, 31 March 2012 17:35 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Une Bévue cried from the depths of the abyss...

> The purpose is to query a remote PostgreSQL database via an ssh tunnel.
>
> If i do the tunnel "by hand" from terminal using :
> $ ssh -L 3333:localhost:5432 yt@iMac
>
> then, i can query a remote database :
> $host="localhost";
> $port=3333;
> $username='yt';
> $password='topsecret';
> $db = new PDO("pgsql:dbname=$dbname;host=$host;port=$port", $username,
> $password );
> $ret=$db->query('SELECT * FROM categories;');
> if($ret){
> while($row=$ret->fetch()){
> print_r($row);
> }
> }else{
> echo 'Error';
> }
>
> i've installes libssh2 for PHP on this computer, here is part of my info.php
> :
>
> SSH2 support enabled
> extension version 0.11.2
> libssh2 version 1.2.6
> banner SSH-2.0-libssh2_1.2.6
> remote forwarding enabled
> hostbased auth enabled
> polling support enabled
> publickey subsystem enabled
>
> however, even if i can "connect", authentification fail, either using
> password or keys...
>
> the code used :
> function connect_to($machine)
> {
> $connection=@ssh2_connect($machine, 22, array("hostkey"=>"ssh-dsa"));
> if(!$connection){
> echo "No connection.<br />\n";
> return false;
> } else {
> echo "Connection établie.<br />\n";
> }
>
> $fingerprint=@ssh2_fingerprint($connection, SSH2_FINGERPRINT_MD5 |
> SSH2_FINGERPRINT_HEX);
> echo "\$fingerprint = $fingerprint<br />\n";
>
> /* Utilisation de public/private key */
> if(@ssh2_auth_pubkey_file($connection, "yt",
> '/home/yt/.ssh/id_dsa.pub', '/home/yt/.ssh/id_dsa',
> 'my -valid- passphrase')){
> echo "Authentification réussie.<br />\n";
> return array($connection,$fingerprint);
> } else {
> echo "Échec de l'authentification.<br />\n";
> return false;
> }
> }
>
> notice i get "Connection établie" and also the fingerprint.
>
> if after the print out of fingerprint i try a command i get nothing after an
> amout of time but without error :
> $stdout_stream=@ssh2_exec($connection, 'ls -al');
>

I don't know the answer here, but I have several setups using remote db's
& I use stunnel (SSL) instead of SSH.

http://www.stunnel.org

Assuming you have static IP's on both sides it works well. End result is
the same.

Good Luck!

Mr. B-o-b
Re: How to etablish an SSH2 tunnel with php ? [message #177472 is a reply to message #177469] Sat, 31 March 2012 19:18 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On 3/31/2012 12:40 PM, Une Bévue wrote:
> The purpose is to query a remote PostgreSQL database via an ssh tunnel.
>
> If i do the tunnel "by hand" from terminal using :
> $ ssh -L 3333:localhost:5432 yt@iMac
>
> then, i can query a remote database :
> $host="localhost";
> $port=3333;
> $username='yt';
> $password='topsecret';
> $db = new PDO("pgsql:dbname=$dbname;host=$host;port=$port", $username,
> $password );
> $ret=$db->query('SELECT * FROM categories;');
> if($ret){
> while($row=$ret->fetch()){
> print_r($row);
> }
> }else{
> echo 'Error';
> }
>
> i've installes libssh2 for PHP on this computer, here is part of my
> info.php :
>
> SSH2 support enabled
> extension version 0.11.2
> libssh2 version 1.2.6
> banner SSH-2.0-libssh2_1.2.6
> remote forwarding enabled
> hostbased auth enabled
> polling support enabled
> publickey subsystem enabled
>
> however, even if i can "connect", authentification fail, either using
> password or keys...
>
> the code used :
> function connect_to($machine)
> {
> $connection=@ssh2_connect($machine, 22, array("hostkey"=>"ssh-dsa"));
> if(!$connection){
> echo "No connection.<br />\n";
> return false;
> } else {
> echo "Connection établie.<br />\n";
> }
>
> $fingerprint=@ssh2_fingerprint($connection, SSH2_FINGERPRINT_MD5 |
> SSH2_FINGERPRINT_HEX);
> echo "\$fingerprint = $fingerprint<br />\n";
>
> /* Utilisation de public/private key */
> if(@ssh2_auth_pubkey_file($connection, "yt",
> '/home/yt/.ssh/id_dsa.pub', '/home/yt/.ssh/id_dsa',
> 'my -valid- passphrase')){
> echo "Authentification réussie.<br />\n";
> return array($connection,$fingerprint);
> } else {
> echo "Échec de l'authentification.<br />\n";
> return false;
> }
> }
>
> notice i get "Connection établie" and also the fingerprint.
>
> if after the print out of fingerprint i try a command i get nothing
> after an amout of time but without error :
> $stdout_stream=@ssh2_exec($connection, 'ls -al');

Are you trying this after printing the fingerprint or after
authorization? Does the user have permission to issue commands on the
remote system (can you SSH into the system manually and execute an 'ls'
command?

And I suspect the reason you don't get an error is you have blocked all
error messages with the '@' operator. That's something you should
almost never use (if you're getting errors, fix the errors!).

Get rid of the '@'s, and in the php.ini file (on your development
system) ensure you have:

error_reporting = E_ALL
display_errors = on

See what you get.

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Re: How to etablish an SSH2 tunnel with php ? [message #177473 is a reply to message #177471] Sat, 31 March 2012 22:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Am 31.03.2012 19:35, schrieb Mr. B-o-B:
> Une Bévue cried from the depths of the abyss...
>
>> The purpose is to query a remote PostgreSQL database via an ssh tunnel.
>>
>> If i do the tunnel "by hand" from terminal using :
>> $ ssh -L 3333:localhost:5432 yt@iMac
>>
>> then, i can query a remote database :
>> $host="localhost";
>> $port=3333;
>> $username='yt';
>> $password='topsecret';
>> $db = new PDO("pgsql:dbname=$dbname;host=$host;port=$port", $username, $password );
>> $ret=$db->query('SELECT * FROM categories;');
>> if($ret){
>> while($row=$ret->fetch()){
>> print_r($row);
>> }
>> }else{
>> echo 'Error';
>> }
>>
>> i've installes libssh2 for PHP on this computer, here is part of my info.php :
>>
>> SSH2 support enabled
>> extension version 0.11.2
>> libssh2 version 1.2.6
>> banner SSH-2.0-libssh2_1.2.6
>> remote forwarding enabled
>> hostbased auth enabled
>> polling support enabled
>> publickey subsystem enabled
>>
>> however, even if i can "connect", authentification fail, either using password or
>> keys...
>>
>> the code used :
>> function connect_to($machine)
>> {
>> $connection=@ssh2_connect($machine, 22, array("hostkey"=>"ssh-dsa"));
>> if(!$connection){
>> echo "No connection.<br />\n";
>> return false;
>> } else {
>> echo "Connection établie.<br />\n";
>> }
>>
>> $fingerprint=@ssh2_fingerprint($connection, SSH2_FINGERPRINT_MD5 |
>> SSH2_FINGERPRINT_HEX);
>> echo "\$fingerprint = $fingerprint<br />\n";
>>
>> /* Utilisation de public/private key */
>> if(@ssh2_auth_pubkey_file($connection, "yt",
>> '/home/yt/.ssh/id_dsa.pub', '/home/yt/.ssh/id_dsa',
>> 'my -valid- passphrase')){
>> echo "Authentification réussie.<br />\n";
>> return array($connection,$fingerprint);
>> } else {
>> echo "Échec de l'authentification.<br />\n";
>> return false;
>> }
>> }
>>
>> notice i get "Connection établie" and also the fingerprint.
>>
>> if after the print out of fingerprint i try a command i get nothing after an amout
>> of time but without error :
>> $stdout_stream=@ssh2_exec($connection, 'ls -al');
>>
>
> I don't know the answer here, but I have several setups using remote db's & I use
> stunnel (SSL) instead of SSH.
>
> http://www.stunnel.org
>
> Assuming you have static IP's on both sides it works well. End result is the same.
>
> Good Luck!
>
> Mr. B-o-b

stunnel is a good solution when it is difficult to setup SSL/TLS directly in/for a
service.

This is not the case with Postgresql, you get remote access and ssl capability by
giving it a certificate, and putting your IP into pg_hba.conf. Very easy to configure
IMO. I use it a lot, and the good thing is the client libraries support it out of the
box.

So I would question the need to use a ssh tunnel.

/Str.
Re: How to etablish an SSH2 tunnel with php ? [message #177474 is a reply to message #177471] Sun, 01 April 2012 04:51 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Le 31/03/2012 19:35, Mr. B-o-B a écrit :
> I don't know the answer here, but I have several setups using remote
> db's & I use stunnel (SSL) instead of SSH.
>
> http://www.stunnel.org
>
> Assuming you have static IP's on both sides it works well. End result
> is the same.
>

ok, thanks, I'll switch to that.
Re: How to etablish an SSH2 tunnel with php ? [message #177475 is a reply to message #177472] Sun, 01 April 2012 05:03 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Le 31/03/2012 21:18, Jerry Stuckle a écrit :
> Are you trying this after printing the fingerprint

yes I've tested before authentification, knowing authentification fail...

> or after
> authorization? Does the user have permission to issue commands on the
> remote system (can you SSH into the system manually and execute an 'ls'
> command?

Yes, no prob, i can do, from terminal :
$ ssh yt@iMac 'ls -al'
for example and without entering a password or a passphrase because i do
an ssh-add when logging to the portable computer.

> And I suspect the reason you don't get an error is you have blocked all
> error messages with the '@' operator.

I did remove them, getting now :

Warning: ssh2_connect(): Failed overriding HOSTKEY method in
/home/yt/Sites/landp_public/ssh2.php on line 13
Connection établie.
$fingerprint = E7F46889FD0A2C02C7A5B1A083E05D92
Warning: ssh2_exec(): Unable to request a channel from remote host in
/home/yt/Sites/landp_public/ssh2.php on line 46
$res[0] =
Warning: ssh2_auth_pubkey_file(): Authentication failed for yt using
public key in /home/yt/Sites/landp_public/ssh2.php on line 32
Échec de l'authentification.
fail: unable to establish connection.
$con = .
Re: How to etablish an SSH2 tunnel with php ? [message #177476 is a reply to message #177475] Sun, 01 April 2012 14:00 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On 4/1/2012 1:03 AM, Une Bévue wrote:
> Le 31/03/2012 21:18, Jerry Stuckle a écrit :
>> Are you trying this after printing the fingerprint
>
> yes I've tested before authentification, knowing authentification fail...
>
>> or after
>> authorization? Does the user have permission to issue commands on the
>> remote system (can you SSH into the system manually and execute an 'ls'
>> command?
>
> Yes, no prob, i can do, from terminal :
> $ ssh yt@iMac 'ls -al'
> for example and without entering a password or a passphrase because i do
> an ssh-add when logging to the portable computer.
>
>> And I suspect the reason you don't get an error is you have blocked all
>> error messages with the '@' operator.
>
> I did remove them, getting now :
>
> Warning: ssh2_connect(): Failed overriding HOSTKEY method in
> /home/yt/Sites/landp_public/ssh2.php on line 13
> Connection établie.
> $fingerprint = E7F46889FD0A2C02C7A5B1A083E05D92
> Warning: ssh2_exec(): Unable to request a channel from remote host in
> /home/yt/Sites/landp_public/ssh2.php on line 46
> $res[0] =
> Warning: ssh2_auth_pubkey_file(): Authentication failed for yt using
> public key in /home/yt/Sites/landp_public/ssh2.php on line 32
> Échec de l'authentification.
> fail: unable to establish connection.
> $con = .

That helps a lot. A quick google of your first message finds your
hostkey method is wrong. Try "ssh-dss" and see if that doesn't work better.

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Re: How to etablish an SSH2 tunnel with php ? [message #177477 is a reply to message #177476] Sun, 01 April 2012 14:42 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Le 01/04/2012 16:00, Jerry Stuckle a écrit :
> That helps a lot. A quick google of your first message finds your
> hostkey method is wrong. Try "ssh-dss" and see if that doesn't work
> better.

fine thanks, right now i get :

Warning: ssh2_auth_pubkey_file(): Authentication failed for yt using
public key in /home/yt/Sites/landp_public/ssh2.php on line 46

however, the php script does :
if(ssh2_auth_pubkey_file($connection, "yt",
'/home/yt/.ssh/id_dsa.pub', '/home/yt/.ssh/id_dsa',
'Wo es war, soll Ich werden.')){
echo "Authentification réussie.<br />\n";

then, it is using the key from user 'yt' (ie. me) but, afaik, php is of
user 'www_data'.

then, perhaps, i do have to generate a key and a ~/.ssh/config for
www_data ?

using password authentification :
if(ssh2_auth_password($connection, "yt", "my_pwd")){
echo "Authentification réussie.<br />\n";

the error is :

Warning: ssh2_auth_password(): Authentication failed for yt using
password in /home/yt/Sites/landp_public/ssh2.php on line 49 Échec de
l'authentification.
Re: How to etablish an SSH2 tunnel with php ? [message #177478 is a reply to message #177477] Mon, 02 April 2012 01:19 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On 4/1/2012 10:42 AM, Une Bévue wrote:
> Le 01/04/2012 16:00, Jerry Stuckle a écrit :
>> That helps a lot. A quick google of your first message finds your
>> hostkey method is wrong. Try "ssh-dss" and see if that doesn't work
>> better.
>
> fine thanks, right now i get :
>
> Warning: ssh2_auth_pubkey_file(): Authentication failed for yt using
> public key in /home/yt/Sites/landp_public/ssh2.php on line 46
>
> however, the php script does :
> if(ssh2_auth_pubkey_file($connection, "yt",
> '/home/yt/.ssh/id_dsa.pub', '/home/yt/.ssh/id_dsa',
> 'Wo es war, soll Ich werden.')){
> echo "Authentification réussie.<br />\n";
>
> then, it is using the key from user 'yt' (ie. me) but, afaik, php is of
> user 'www_data'.
>
> then, perhaps, i do have to generate a key and a ~/.ssh/config for
> www_data ?
>
> using password authentification :
> if(ssh2_auth_password($connection, "yt", "my_pwd")){
> echo "Authentification réussie.<br />\n";
>
> the error is :
>
> Warning: ssh2_auth_password(): Authentication failed for yt using
> password in /home/yt/Sites/landp_public/ssh2.php on line 49 Échec de
> l'authentification.
>
>

Does your www-data user have access to the key files? They need to be
readable by www-data (but you shouldn't have to create a new key for the
web user).

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Re: How to etablish an SSH2 tunnel with php ? [message #177479 is a reply to message #177478] Mon, 02 April 2012 06:26 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Le 02/04/2012 03:19, Jerry Stuckle a écrit :

>
> Does your www-data user have access to the key files? They need to be
> readable by www-data (but you shouldn't have to create a new key for the
> web user).
>

not for the time being :
..-(~)-------------------------------------(yt@D620)-
`--> lal .ssh
total 28
drwxr-xr-x 2 yt yt 4096 2012-01-03 17:06 .
drwxr-xr-x 91 yt yt 4096 2012-04-02 08:11 ..
-rw------- 1 yt yt 998 2012-02-04 09:32 authorized_keys
-rw------- 1 yt yt 137 2012-02-07 13:09 config
-rw------- 1 yt yt 751 2011-12-20 09:50 id_dsa
-rw-r--r-- 1 yt yt 597 2011-12-20 09:50 id_dsa.pub
-rw-r--r-- 1 yt yt 1548 2012-01-25 08:17 known_hosts
..-(~)--------------------------------------(yt@D620)-
`-->

afaik, i can't let them readable by all user because otherwise ssh won't
work (?).

I'll try to change that one for id_dsa from -rw------ to -rw-r---- or
even -rw-r--r--

with the latest, i got :
Warning: ssh2_auth_password(): Authentication failed for yt using
password in /home/yt/Sites/landp_public/ssh2.php on line 49

then, with passphrase :
Warning: ssh2_auth_pubkey_file(): Authentication failed for yt using
public key in /home/yt/Sites/landp_public/ssh2.php on line 46


same errors when all the files in my .ssh folder are readable for all
people.

even with those pems change on .ssh, I'm still able to connect directly by :
$ ssh yt@iMac

thanks for your answer.
Re: How to etablish an SSH2 tunnel with php ? [message #177483 is a reply to message #177479] Mon, 02 April 2012 10:01 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Le 02/04/2012 08:26, Une Bévue a écrit :

>
> even with those pems change on .ssh, I'm still able to connect directly
> by :
> $ ssh yt@iMac

this was before i've restarted my portable computer, right now i got :

> `--> ssh yt@iMac
> @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
> @ WARNING: UNPROTECTED PRIVATE KEY FILE! @
> @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
> Permissions 0644 for '/home/yt/.ssh/id_dsa' are too open.
> It is recommended that your private key files are NOT accessible by others.
> This private key will be ignored.
> bad permissions: ignore key: /home/yt/.ssh/id_dsa
> Password:
> Last login: Mon Apr 2 08:24:58 2012 from dell-pal

then, i've to go back to preceeding perms...
Re: How to etablish an SSH2 tunnel with php ? [message #177484 is a reply to message #177475] Mon, 02 April 2012 10:31 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Am 01.04.2012 07:03, schrieb Une Bévue:
> Le 31/03/2012 21:18, Jerry Stuckle a écrit :
>> Are you trying this after printing the fingerprint
>
> yes I've tested before authentification, knowing authentification fail...
>

You have tested login, but did you test the port forwarding?

/Str.
Re: How to etablish an SSH2 tunnel with php ? [message #177485 is a reply to message #177484] Mon, 02 April 2012 10:54 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Am 02.04.2012 12:31, schrieb M. Strobel:
> Am 01.04.2012 07:03, schrieb Une Bévue:
>> Le 31/03/2012 21:18, Jerry Stuckle a écrit :
>>> Are you trying this after printing the fingerprint
>>
>> yes I've tested before authentification, knowing authentification fail...
>>
>
> You have tested login, but did you test the port forwarding?
>
> /Str.
>

You said you did, in your first post.

Okay, so tunneling is working for your login.

Is your PHP script running in a web server? If yes, you have to setup and test for
the web server user id. The web server can still use your login on the remote system,
but it needs its own ssh files.

I would only try to do it in my LAN.

I would rather get SSL for Postgresql working (give it a self signed certificate),
and allow access for your IP.

/Str.
Re: How to etablish an SSH2 tunnel with php ? [message #177486 is a reply to message #177484] Mon, 02 April 2012 11:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Le 02/04/2012 12:31, M. Strobel a écrit :
> You have tested login, but did you test the port forwarding?

port forwarding works like a charm, when i do, on terminal :

$ ssh -l 3333:localhost:5432 yt@iMac

i can, from php connect to the remote psql server as if it is on
localhost, i do have only to change the port.
Re: How to etablish an SSH2 tunnel with php ? [message #177487 is a reply to message #177485] Mon, 02 April 2012 11:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Le 02/04/2012 12:54, M. Strobel a écrit :
> I would rather get SSL for Postgresql working (give it a self signed certificate),
> and allow access for your IP.

Yes, that's right, i plan to do that this afternoon.
I know -nothing- about SSL...
Re: How to etablish an SSH2 tunnel with php ? [message #177489 is a reply to message #177479] Mon, 02 April 2012 12:15 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Mon, 02 Apr 2012 08:26:19 +0200, Une B?vue wrote:
> Le 02/04/2012 03:19, Jerry Stuckle a ?crit :
>
>>
>> Does your www-data user have access to the key files? They need to be
>> readable by www-data (but you shouldn't have to create a new key for the
>> web user).
>>
>
> not for the time being :
> .-(~)-------------------------------------(yt@D620)-
> `--> lal .ssh
> total 28
> drwxr-xr-x 2 yt yt 4096 2012-01-03 17:06 .
> drwxr-xr-x 91 yt yt 4096 2012-04-02 08:11 ..
> -rw------- 1 yt yt 998 2012-02-04 09:32 authorized_keys
> -rw------- 1 yt yt 137 2012-02-07 13:09 config
> -rw------- 1 yt yt 751 2011-12-20 09:50 id_dsa
> -rw-r--r-- 1 yt yt 597 2011-12-20 09:50 id_dsa.pub
> -rw-r--r-- 1 yt yt 1548 2012-01-25 08:17 known_hosts
> .-(~)--------------------------------------(yt@D620)-
> `-->
>
> afaik, i can't let them readable by all user because otherwise ssh won't
> work (?).

That is correct. HOWEVER, authorized_keys authorizes access for ANY
public half in its lists. Which means many private keys can exist for a
single login ID, and you can create a fresh pair, for www-data, where
www-data owns the private half exclusively (in some place that is not in
$DOCROOT, but also not your own .ssh directory) for its authentication
use, just like yt owns the above id_dsa exclusively.

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NT, which makes about as much sense as building a prison out of
meringue.
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Re: How to etablish an SSH2 tunnel with php ? [message #177491 is a reply to message #177479] Mon, 02 April 2012 13:04 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Jerry Stuckle is currently offline  Jerry Stuckle
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On 4/2/2012 2:26 AM, Une Bévue wrote:
> Le 02/04/2012 03:19, Jerry Stuckle a écrit :
>
>>
>> Does your www-data user have access to the key files? They need to be
>> readable by www-data (but you shouldn't have to create a new key for the
>> web user).
>>
>
> not for the time being :
> .-(~)-------------------------------------(yt@D620)-
> `--> lal .ssh
> total 28
> drwxr-xr-x 2 yt yt 4096 2012-01-03 17:06 .
> drwxr-xr-x 91 yt yt 4096 2012-04-02 08:11 ..
> -rw------- 1 yt yt 998 2012-02-04 09:32 authorized_keys
> -rw------- 1 yt yt 137 2012-02-07 13:09 config
> -rw------- 1 yt yt 751 2011-12-20 09:50 id_dsa
> -rw-r--r-- 1 yt yt 597 2011-12-20 09:50 id_dsa.pub
> -rw-r--r-- 1 yt yt 1548 2012-01-25 08:17 known_hosts
> .-(~)--------------------------------------(yt@D620)-
> `-->
>
> afaik, i can't let them readable by all user because otherwise ssh won't
> work (?).
>
> I'll try to change that one for id_dsa from -rw------ to -rw-r---- or
> even -rw-r--r--
>
> with the latest, i got :
> Warning: ssh2_auth_password(): Authentication failed for yt using
> password in /home/yt/Sites/landp_public/ssh2.php on line 49
>
> then, with passphrase :
> Warning: ssh2_auth_pubkey_file(): Authentication failed for yt using
> public key in /home/yt/Sites/landp_public/ssh2.php on line 46
>
>
> same errors when all the files in my .ssh folder are readable for all
> people.
>
> even with those pems change on .ssh, I'm still able to connect directly
> by :
> $ ssh yt@iMac
>
> thanks for your answer.

They have to be readable by the www-data user to be able to be used in
authentication. You don't, however, have to make them readable by all;
they can be owned by www-data, for instance. Or you should be able to
make copies of them (I don't like to do this) and have those copies
available to www-data (warning - do NOT place them in your web directory!).

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Re: How to etablish an SSH2 tunnel with php ? [message #177494 is a reply to message #177487] Mon, 02 April 2012 17:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Mr. B-o-B is currently offline  Mr. B-o-B
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Une Bévue cried from the depths of the abyss...

> Le 02/04/2012 12:54, M. Strobel a écrit :
>> I would rather get SSL for Postgresql working (give it a self signed
>> certificate),
>> and allow access for your IP.
>
> Yes, that's right, i plan to do that this afternoon.
> I know -nothing- about SSL...
>
>

Don't worry. There is a lot of info in the net about it. It's a lot
simpler, requires no extra coding (like shh does), and once it's setup you
will forget it is even there.


Mr. B-o-B
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Re: How to etablish an SSH2 tunnel with php ? [message #177516 is a reply to message #177469] Wed, 04 April 2012 08:36 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Jason Playne is currently offline  Jason Playne
Messages: 1
Registered: April 2012
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On Sunday, April 1, 2012 12:40:09 AM UTC+8, Une Bévue wrote:
> The purpose is to query a remote PostgreSQL database via an ssh tunnel.
>
> If i do the tunnel "by hand" from terminal using :
> $ ssh -L 3333:localhost:5432 yt@iMac
>
> then, i can query a remote database :
> $host="localhost";
> $port=3333;
> $username='yt';
> $password='topsecret';
> $db = new PDO("pgsql:dbname=$dbname;host=$host;port=$port",
> $username, $password );
> $ret=$db->query('SELECT * FROM categories;');
> if($ret){
> while($row=$ret->fetch()){
> print_r($row);
> }
> }else{
> echo 'Error';
> }
>
> i've installes libssh2 for PHP on this computer, here is part of my
> info.php :
>
> SSH2 support enabled
> extension version 0.11.2
> libssh2 version 1.2.6
> banner SSH-2.0-libssh2_1.2.6
> remote forwarding enabled
> hostbased auth enabled
> polling support enabled
> publickey subsystem enabled
>
> however, even if i can "connect", authentification fail, either using
> password or keys...
>
> the code used :
> function connect_to($machine)
> {
> $connection=@ssh2_connect($machine, 22, array("hostkey"=>"ssh-dsa"));
> if(!$connection){
> echo "No connection.
> \n";
> return false;
> } else {
> echo "Connection établie.
> \n";
> }
>
> $fingerprint=@ssh2_fingerprint($connection, SSH2_FINGERPRINT_MD5 |
> SSH2_FINGERPRINT_HEX);
> echo "\$fingerprint = $fingerprint
> \n";
>
> /* Utilisation de public/private key */
> if(@ssh2_auth_pubkey_file($connection, "yt",
> '/home/yt/.ssh/id_dsa.pub', '/home/yt/.ssh/id_dsa',
> 'my -valid- passphrase')){
> echo "Authentification réussie.
> \n";
> return array($connection,$fingerprint);
> } else {
> echo "Échec de l'authentification.
> \n";
> return false;
> }
> }
>
> notice i get "Connection établie" and also the fingerprint.
>
> if after the print out of fingerprint i try a command i get nothing
> after an amout of time but without error :
> $stdout_stream=@ssh2_exec($connection, 'ls -al');



On Sunday, April 1, 2012 12:40:09 AM UTC+8, Une Bévue wrote:
> The purpose is to query a remote PostgreSQL database via an ssh tunnel.
>
> If i do the tunnel "by hand" from terminal using :
> $ ssh -L 3333:localhost:5432 yt@iMac
>
> then, i can query a remote database :
> $host="localhost";
> $port=3333;
> $username='yt';
> $password='topsecret';
> $db = new PDO("pgsql:dbname=$dbname;host=$host;port=$port",
> $username, $password );
> $ret=$db->query('SELECT * FROM categories;');
> if($ret){
> while($row=$ret->fetch()){
> print_r($row);
> }
> }else{
> echo 'Error';
> }
>
> i've installes libssh2 for PHP on this computer, here is part of my
> info.php :
>
> SSH2 support enabled
> extension version 0.11.2
> libssh2 version 1.2.6
> banner SSH-2.0-libssh2_1.2.6
> remote forwarding enabled
> hostbased auth enabled
> polling support enabled
> publickey subsystem enabled
>
> however, even if i can "connect", authentification fail, either using
> password or keys...
>
> the code used :
> function connect_to($machine)
> {
> $connection=@ssh2_connect($machine, 22, array("hostkey"=>"ssh-dsa"));
> if(!$connection){
> echo "No connection.
> \n";
> return false;
> } else {
> echo "Connection établie.
> \n";
> }
>
> $fingerprint=@ssh2_fingerprint($connection, SSH2_FINGERPRINT_MD5 |
> SSH2_FINGERPRINT_HEX);
> echo "\$fingerprint = $fingerprint
> \n";
>
> /* Utilisation de public/private key */
> if(@ssh2_auth_pubkey_file($connection, "yt",
> '/home/yt/.ssh/id_dsa.pub', '/home/yt/.ssh/id_dsa',
> 'my -valid- passphrase')){
> echo "Authentification réussie.
> \n";
> return array($connection,$fingerprint);
> } else {
> echo "Échec de l'authentification.
> \n";
> return false;
> }
> }
>
> notice i get "Connection établie" and also the fingerprint.
>
> if after the print out of fingerprint i try a command i get nothing
> after an amout of time but without error :
> $stdout_stream=@ssh2_exec($connection, 'ls -al');



On Sunday, April 1, 2012 12:40:09 AM UTC+8, Une Bévue wrote:
> The purpose is to query a remote PostgreSQL database via an ssh tunnel.
>
> If i do the tunnel "by hand" from terminal using :
> $ ssh -L 3333:localhost:5432 yt@iMac
>
> then, i can query a remote database :
> $host="localhost";
> $port=3333;
> $username='yt';
> $password='topsecret';
> $db = new PDO("pgsql:dbname=$dbname;host=$host;port=$port",
> $username, $password );
> $ret=$db->query('SELECT * FROM categories;');
> if($ret){
> while($row=$ret->fetch()){
> print_r($row);
> }
> }else{
> echo 'Error';
> }
>
> i've installes libssh2 for PHP on this computer, here is part of my
> info.php :
>
> SSH2 support enabled
> extension version 0.11.2
> libssh2 version 1.2.6
> banner SSH-2.0-libssh2_1.2.6
> remote forwarding enabled
> hostbased auth enabled
> polling support enabled
> publickey subsystem enabled
>
> however, even if i can "connect", authentification fail, either using
> password or keys...
>
> the code used :
> function connect_to($machine)
> {
> $connection=@ssh2_connect($machine, 22, array("hostkey"=>"ssh-dsa"));
> if(!$connection){
> echo "No connection.
> \n";
> return false;
> } else {
> echo "Connection établie.
> \n";
> }
>
> $fingerprint=@ssh2_fingerprint($connection, SSH2_FINGERPRINT_MD5 |
> SSH2_FINGERPRINT_HEX);
> echo "\$fingerprint = $fingerprint
> \n";
>
> /* Utilisation de public/private key */
> if(@ssh2_auth_pubkey_file($connection, "yt",
> '/home/yt/.ssh/id_dsa.pub', '/home/yt/.ssh/id_dsa',
> 'my -valid- passphrase')){
> echo "Authentification réussie.
> \n";
> return array($connection,$fingerprint);
> } else {
> echo "Échec de l'authentification.
> \n";
> return false;
> }
> }
>
> notice i get "Connection établie" and also the fingerprint.
>
> if after the print out of fingerprint i try a command i get nothing
> after an amout of time but without error :
> $stdout_stream=@ssh2_exec($connection, 'ls -al');

You can always generate a script to run on the remove server and run it over ssh.

e.g.
cat > /tmp/yarwoot1
#!/usr/bin/php
<?php

$sql = "select * from yar";
....


and then from your app

<?php

$out = shell_exec("ssh -iidentityfile user@host /tmp/yarwoot1");
// do something with $out here
Re: How to etablish an SSH2 tunnel with php ? [message #177519 is a reply to message #177516] Thu, 05 April 2012 05:36 Go to previous messageGo to next message
unbewusst.sein is currently offline  unbewusst.sein
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Jason Playne <jason(at)jasonplayne(dot)com> wrote:

>
> You can always generate a script to run on the remove server and run it
over ssh.

Yes OK, good remark, thanks.

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(Lao-Tseu)
Re: How to etablish an SSH2 tunnel with php ? [message #177520 is a reply to message #177516] Thu, 05 April 2012 12:10 Go to previous message
Jerry Stuckle is currently offline  Jerry Stuckle
Messages: 2598
Registered: September 2010
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Senior Member
On 4/4/2012 4:36 AM, Jason Playne wrote:
> On Sunday, April 1, 2012 12:40:09 AM UTC+8, Une Bévue wrote:
>> The purpose is to query a remote PostgreSQL database via an ssh tunnel.
>>
>> If i do the tunnel "by hand" from terminal using :
>> $ ssh -L 3333:localhost:5432 yt@iMac
>>
>> then, i can query a remote database :
>> $host="localhost";
>> $port=3333;
>> $username='yt';
>> $password='topsecret';
>> $db = new PDO("pgsql:dbname=$dbname;host=$host;port=$port",
>> $username, $password );
>> $ret=$db->query('SELECT * FROM categories;');
>> if($ret){
>> while($row=$ret->fetch()){
>> print_r($row);
>> }
>> }else{
>> echo 'Error';
>> }
>>
>> i've installes libssh2 for PHP on this computer, here is part of my
>> info.php :
>>
>> SSH2 support enabled
>> extension version 0.11.2
>> libssh2 version 1.2.6
>> banner SSH-2.0-libssh2_1.2.6
>> remote forwarding enabled
>> hostbased auth enabled
>> polling support enabled
>> publickey subsystem enabled
>>
>> however, even if i can "connect", authentification fail, either using
>> password or keys...
>>
>> the code used :
>> function connect_to($machine)
>> {
>> $connection=@ssh2_connect($machine, 22, array("hostkey"=>"ssh-dsa"));
>> if(!$connection){
>> echo "No connection.
>> \n";
>> return false;
>> } else {
>> echo "Connection établie.
>> \n";
>> }
>>
>> $fingerprint=@ssh2_fingerprint($connection, SSH2_FINGERPRINT_MD5 |
>> SSH2_FINGERPRINT_HEX);
>> echo "\$fingerprint = $fingerprint
>> \n";
>>
>> /* Utilisation de public/private key */
>> if(@ssh2_auth_pubkey_file($connection, "yt",
>> '/home/yt/.ssh/id_dsa.pub', '/home/yt/.ssh/id_dsa',
>> 'my -valid- passphrase')){
>> echo "Authentification réussie.
>> \n";
>> return array($connection,$fingerprint);
>> } else {
>> echo "Échec de l'authentification.
>> \n";
>> return false;
>> }
>> }
>>
>> notice i get "Connection établie" and also the fingerprint.
>>
>> if after the print out of fingerprint i try a command i get nothing
>> after an amout of time but without error :
>> $stdout_stream=@ssh2_exec($connection, 'ls -al');
>
>
>
> On Sunday, April 1, 2012 12:40:09 AM UTC+8, Une Bévue wrote:
>> The purpose is to query a remote PostgreSQL database via an ssh tunnel.
>>
>> If i do the tunnel "by hand" from terminal using :
>> $ ssh -L 3333:localhost:5432 yt@iMac
>>
>> then, i can query a remote database :
>> $host="localhost";
>> $port=3333;
>> $username='yt';
>> $password='topsecret';
>> $db = new PDO("pgsql:dbname=$dbname;host=$host;port=$port",
>> $username, $password );
>> $ret=$db->query('SELECT * FROM categories;');
>> if($ret){
>> while($row=$ret->fetch()){
>> print_r($row);
>> }
>> }else{
>> echo 'Error';
>> }
>>
>> i've installes libssh2 for PHP on this computer, here is part of my
>> info.php :
>>
>> SSH2 support enabled
>> extension version 0.11.2
>> libssh2 version 1.2.6
>> banner SSH-2.0-libssh2_1.2.6
>> remote forwarding enabled
>> hostbased auth enabled
>> polling support enabled
>> publickey subsystem enabled
>>
>> however, even if i can "connect", authentification fail, either using
>> password or keys...
>>
>> the code used :
>> function connect_to($machine)
>> {
>> $connection=@ssh2_connect($machine, 22, array("hostkey"=>"ssh-dsa"));
>> if(!$connection){
>> echo "No connection.
>> \n";
>> return false;
>> } else {
>> echo "Connection établie.
>> \n";
>> }
>>
>> $fingerprint=@ssh2_fingerprint($connection, SSH2_FINGERPRINT_MD5 |
>> SSH2_FINGERPRINT_HEX);
>> echo "\$fingerprint = $fingerprint
>> \n";
>>
>> /* Utilisation de public/private key */
>> if(@ssh2_auth_pubkey_file($connection, "yt",
>> '/home/yt/.ssh/id_dsa.pub', '/home/yt/.ssh/id_dsa',
>> 'my -valid- passphrase')){
>> echo "Authentification réussie.
>> \n";
>> return array($connection,$fingerprint);
>> } else {
>> echo "Échec de l'authentification.
>> \n";
>> return false;
>> }
>> }
>>
>> notice i get "Connection établie" and also the fingerprint.
>>
>> if after the print out of fingerprint i try a command i get nothing
>> after an amout of time but without error :
>> $stdout_stream=@ssh2_exec($connection, 'ls -al');
>
>
>
> On Sunday, April 1, 2012 12:40:09 AM UTC+8, Une Bévue wrote:
>> The purpose is to query a remote PostgreSQL database via an ssh tunnel.
>>
>> If i do the tunnel "by hand" from terminal using :
>> $ ssh -L 3333:localhost:5432 yt@iMac
>>
>> then, i can query a remote database :
>> $host="localhost";
>> $port=3333;
>> $username='yt';
>> $password='topsecret';
>> $db = new PDO("pgsql:dbname=$dbname;host=$host;port=$port",
>> $username, $password );
>> $ret=$db->query('SELECT * FROM categories;');
>> if($ret){
>> while($row=$ret->fetch()){
>> print_r($row);
>> }
>> }else{
>> echo 'Error';
>> }
>>
>> i've installes libssh2 for PHP on this computer, here is part of my
>> info.php :
>>
>> SSH2 support enabled
>> extension version 0.11.2
>> libssh2 version 1.2.6
>> banner SSH-2.0-libssh2_1.2.6
>> remote forwarding enabled
>> hostbased auth enabled
>> polling support enabled
>> publickey subsystem enabled
>>
>> however, even if i can "connect", authentification fail, either using
>> password or keys...
>>
>> the code used :
>> function connect_to($machine)
>> {
>> $connection=@ssh2_connect($machine, 22, array("hostkey"=>"ssh-dsa"));
>> if(!$connection){
>> echo "No connection.
>> \n";
>> return false;
>> } else {
>> echo "Connection établie.
>> \n";
>> }
>>
>> $fingerprint=@ssh2_fingerprint($connection, SSH2_FINGERPRINT_MD5 |
>> SSH2_FINGERPRINT_HEX);
>> echo "\$fingerprint = $fingerprint
>> \n";
>>
>> /* Utilisation de public/private key */
>> if(@ssh2_auth_pubkey_file($connection, "yt",
>> '/home/yt/.ssh/id_dsa.pub', '/home/yt/.ssh/id_dsa',
>> 'my -valid- passphrase')){
>> echo "Authentification réussie.
>> \n";
>> return array($connection,$fingerprint);
>> } else {
>> echo "Échec de l'authentification.
>> \n";
>> return false;
>> }
>> }
>>
>> notice i get "Connection établie" and also the fingerprint.
>>
>> if after the print out of fingerprint i try a command i get nothing
>> after an amout of time but without error :
>> $stdout_stream=@ssh2_exec($connection, 'ls -al');
>
> You can always generate a script to run on the remove server and run it over ssh.
>
> e.g.
> cat> /tmp/yarwoot1
> #!/usr/bin/php
> <?php
>
> $sql = "select * from yar";
> ...
>
>
> and then from your app
>
> <?php
>
> $out = shell_exec("ssh -iidentityfile user@host /tmp/yarwoot1");
> // do something with $out here

Maybe. Many hosts have disabled shell_exec(), or if it's enabled, the
web user has very little few privileges. Also, depending on what it
does, there could be security concerns when running from a web page (web
pages are typically less secure than an SSH tunnel).

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