Align SSH public key location with default home folder configuration #2006
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The default home folder of new user can be configured in `/etc/default/useradd`.
However, the VMAccess extension always assumes that the SSH public key is under
`/home/<user_name>/.ssh/authorized_keys`. Location of the SSH public key must
be aligned with the user's home folder. Otherwise, SSH authentciation would fail.
For example, if "HOME=/data/home" is configured in /etc/defaults/useradd, then home
folder of new user would be "/data/home/<user_name>".
The problem is that SSH public key provided by user would be put in
"/home/<user_name>/.ssh/authorized_keys". Then the new user cannot authentication
by SSH key.
The code for specifying SSH public key location:
```
pub_path = os.path.join('/home/', user_name, '.ssh',
'authorized_keys')
```
This change updated the hardcoded "/home" to "$HOME".
The subsequent code for preparing dir will replace "$HOME" string with the actual default home folder location:
```
pub_path = ovf_env.prepare_dir(pub_path, MyDistro)
```
Signed-off-by: Xin Wang <xiwang5@microsoft.com>
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The default home folder of new user can be configured in
/etc/default/useradd.However, the VMAccess extension always assumes that the SSH public key is under
/home/<user_name>/.ssh/authorized_keys. Location of the SSH public key must be aligned with the user's home folder. Otherwise, SSH authentcation would fail.For example, if "HOME=/data/home" is configured in /etc/defaults/useradd, then home folder of new user would be "/data/home/<user_name>".
The problem is that SSH public key provided by user would be put in "/home/<user_name>/.ssh/authorized_keys". Then the new user cannot authentication by SSH key.
The code for specifying SSH public key location:
This change updated the hardcoded "/home" to "$HOME". The subsequent code for preparing dir will replace "$HOME" string with the actual default home folder location: