comments and fiddling

3 files changed, 28 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/EndoForge/README.md b/EndoForge/README.md
index 9abcabe..0b1a8dd 100644
--- a/EndoForge/README.md
+++ b/EndoForge/README.md
@@ -71,20 +71,19 @@ editing the system `OpenSSH` configuration.
 NON-ROOT INSTALLATION
 ---------------------
 
-If sudo access is not available, you can install to a different
-location:
+A configuration is included for running OpenSSH from an unprivileged user
+account.  Try it like so:
+
 
 ```
-  make SSH_CONFIG_DIR=.config/ssh \
-       SSHD_CONFIG_DIR=.config/ssh/config.d \
-       SSH_LIB_DIR=.local/lib/ssh \
-       install
+  cd EndoForge
+  make install
+  cd openssh
+  make run
 ```
 
-Then you will need to run `OpenSSH` on a non-default port (the default
-port requires root access).
-
-
+This launches a script that uses 'fakeroot' and to make OpenSSH think the
+permissions are OK.
 
 
 
diff --git a/EndoForge/openssh/AuthorizedKeysCommand b/EndoForge/openssh/AuthorizedKeysCommand
index 063444e..0e6d285 100755
--- a/EndoForge/openssh/AuthorizedKeysCommand
+++ b/EndoForge/openssh/AuthorizedKeysCommand
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+# Modified AuthorizedKeysCommand for running OpenSSH as unprivileged user.
+#
+# Uses the home directory of the calling user (ascertained through "id -un")
+# instead of the authenticated user.
+
 fingerprint=$3
 authline="$4 $5"
 
diff --git a/EndoForge/openssh/run-sshd b/EndoForge/openssh/run-sshd
index 29615fb..20e82d8 100755
--- a/EndoForge/openssh/run-sshd
+++ b/EndoForge/openssh/run-sshd
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+# Fix file ownership with fakeroot so that OpenSSH will run as a user.
+#
+# The ownership is not really changed on disk, but 'chmod go-w' might actually
+# change permissions on disk.
+
 case "$LD_PRELOAD" in
     libfakeroot-sysv.so) ;;
     '') exec fakeroot -- "$0" "$@" ;;
@@ -7,20 +12,19 @@ esac
 
 fixperms()
 {
-    set --
-    dirs=$HOME
-    p=$HOME
-    while [ "$p" != "${p%/*}" ]
+    set -- "$1"
+    local p="$1" oldp=
+    while [ "$p" != "$oldp" ]
     do
-        p=${p%/*}
-        dirs="$dirs $p/"
+        oldp=$p
+        p=${p%/*}/
+        set -- "$@" "$p"
     done
-
-    chown root:root $dirs
-    chmod go-w $dirs
+    chown root:root "$@"
+    chmod go-w "$@"
 }
 
-fixperms
+fixperms "$HOME"/.ssh
 
 PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:$PATH
 cmd="$(which sshd) $*"