https://risala.pages.dev/tags/synology/Recent content in Synology on Wael NasreddineHugoen-ushttps://risala.pages.dev/posts/synology-allow-ssh-for-non-admin-users/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://risala.pages.dev/posts/synology-allow-ssh-for-non-admin-users/<h2 id="problem"> Problem <a class="heading-link" href="#problem"> <i class="fa-solid fa-link" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to heading"></i> <span class="sr-only">Link to heading</span> </a> </h2> <p>I need to grant regular users SSH access to my Synology NAS, specifically for a <a href="https://www.borgbackup.org/" class="external-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Borg</a> account used to back up my TrueNAS.</p> <p>By default, DSM restricts SSH access to users in the <strong>administrators</strong> group, as noted at the bottom of <a href="https://kb.synology.com/en-af/DSM/tutorial/How_to_login_to_DSM_with_root_permission_via_SSH_Telnet" class="external-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">this page</a>.</p> <h2 id="solution"> Solution <a class="heading-link" href="#solution"> <i class="fa-solid fa-link" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to heading"></i> <span class="sr-only">Link to heading</span> </a> </h2> <p>The workaround is to modify <code>/etc/passwd</code> and change the target user's shell from <code>/sbin/nologin</code> to a valid shell like <code>/bin/sh</code>.</p>