[CentOS] SSH AllowUser WildCard

Ned Slider ned at unixmail.co.uk
Mon Feb 7 06:49:04 UTC 2011


On 07/02/11 06:08, Stephen Cox wrote:
> Is it possible to allow a user to login from an changing hostname like:
>
> username@*hoststringfixed.com
>

man sshd_config

AllowUsers
This keyword can be followed by a list of user name patterns, separated 
by spaces. If specified, login is allowed only for user names that match 
one of the patterns. `*' and `?' can be used as wildcards in the 
patterns. Only user names are valid; a numerical user ID is not 
recognized. By default, login is allowed for all users. If the pattern 
takes the form USER at HOST then USER and HOST are separately checked, 
restricting logins to particular users from particular hosts.


So wild cards can be used although it doesn't specifically state they 
can be used with the HOST part. Try it and see, my guess is it will work.




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