"Brian J. Murrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> Meaning that you want to allow a home user to not have a password
> because it is too much of a PIA for them to have to log in all the time?
> But with empty passwords, allowing sshd access is dangerous. Is that a
> correct assesment of your concerns?
yep
>
> You can have sshd refuse access to an account with empty passwords.
well the other pbs are *weak* passwords, but there must also be a way to allow
only some users...
>
> > maybe a solution would be a linux/webmin/??? function that would open
> > sshd?
>
> ~blech~ I would much sooner have an sshd sitting on a port for remote
> access than webmin/linuxconf. I am not at all convinced of the security
> of webmin/linuxconf. sshd was/is developed in a very security consious
> environment by a group of programmers whose primary goal is security.
> linuxconf/webmin are/were not.
ok, agreed.
