[Bug 524226] [NEW] ssh-authorize - retrieve a key from a public keyserver and add to the authorized_keys file

[Dustin Kirkland]

Public bug reported:

ssh-copy-id is a great script for adding my public key to a remote
server.

I have a script in my ~/bin called ssh-authorize that does something
similar.  It retrieves a key from a remote public keyserver and appends
it to .ssh/authorized_keys.

By default, it uses Launchpad.net.  But the URL environment variable
could be mangled accordingly.

This script is incredibly useful for EC2 and UEC virtual machines, when
I want to give someone else access to a VM.  I can trivially run:

  ssh-authorize cjwatson

It also supports more than one ID as arguments.  So you could just as
easily do:

  ssh-authorize cjwatson kirkland kees

Ideally, this script would find a home in Ubuntu's openssh-server
package.  If this isn't appropriate, we could find a home in cloud-init
or cloud-utils, though I suspect that many non-UEC Ubuntu users might
find it useful too.

** Affects: openssh (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Wishlist
     Assignee: Colin Watson (cjwatson)
         Status: New

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ssh-authorize - retrieve a key from a public keyserver and add to the authorized_keys file
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/524226
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