From 22cb803624870d72b8061dc82dc74ab9da736ee6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Russ Long Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2019 13:49:53 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add Readme --- README.md | 14 ++++++++++++++ ssh.sh | 2 +- 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cab836b --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +# Purpose +This script allows you to ssh to a server using an SSH Key and passphrase pulled from your lastpass account. + +# Requirements +This script requires the `lastpass-cli` and `expect` packages. + +The SSH Key must be stored in your lastpass account, as a Secure Note of the type SSH Key, with the Private Key and Passphrase fields filled out, at a minimum. + +# Usage +1. Download the script to a location of your choosing, ensuring it is executable +2. run it like this: ```./ssh.sh KEYNAME server-you-wish-to-ssh-to``` + +# How it works +This script uses the official `lastpass-cli` package to pull the private key to a file and the private key passphrase to a variable. The script then uses that information to ssh to the requested server, and removes the private key when the connection is closed. diff --git a/ssh.sh b/ssh.sh index 85ac9b4..6310497 100755 --- a/ssh.sh +++ b/ssh.sh @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ keyfile=$HOME/.ssh/${keyname}_$(date "+%F-%T") fi #} -#Fetch private key and place in /home/$user/.ssh/$hostname.datetime +#Fetch private key and place in /home/$user/.ssh/$keyname_datetime lpass show $keyname --field="Private Key" > $keyfile chmod 0600 $keyfile