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diff --git a/website/bugs/authorized_keys_not_cleared.mdwn b/website/bugs/authorized_keys_not_cleared.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7246997 --- /dev/null +++ b/website/bugs/authorized_keys_not_cleared.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +[[meta title="users with missing or empty authorized keys and User IDs should have MS-generated keys cleared" ]] + +I had a user who had a bunch of entries in +`~/.monkeysphere/authorized_user_ids`, and a bunch of raw keys in +`~/.ssh/authorized_keys`. My system's `monkeysphere-server` handled +this situation appropriately, and populated +`/var/lib/monkeysphere/authorized_keys/user` with the full set. + +Then i wanted to wipe out all key entries for that user. So i did: + + mkdir ~user/backup + mv ~user/.ssh ~user/.monkeysphere ~user/backup + monkeysphere-server update-users user + +I expected this to either remove +`/var/lib/monkeysphere/authorized_keys/user`, or truncate it to 0 +bytes. However, it just remained untouched, and the old keys +persisted. + +This seems like a potential security problem. |