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<DIV><SPAN class=283522416-27092007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello. First, I
would like to thank you for developing paramiko. My question is, using paramiko,
how can I login to a system using public key (passwordless) authentication
as another user without having to create that user on my
system. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=283522416-27092007><FONT face=Arial
size=2>I have copied another user's private key to my ~/.ssh folder with a name
such as "another_user.id_rsa" and successfully used that as the private key to
log in as "another_user", but I had to create "another_user" and its key first.
I am writing a script in which I need to log in to numberous different systems
each with a different userid--and I would much prefer to not have to create each
of these userids on my system just so I can create a key for it. It is specified
that WE must initiate all transfers, so it is not a solution for them to give us
their key and login to our system.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=283522416-27092007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you for any
help you can provide.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=283522416-27092007><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Regards,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=283522416-27092007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe
Powell</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>