Martin Fahrendorf wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 5. Februar 2003 15:28 schrieb Buchan Milne: > >>Only if you put your user's public key in root's authorized_keys ... in >>which case you were asking for trouble in any case. >> > > Jepp, only then. But the advantage is, you don't need to type in the root > password. Instead you use your own ssh-key passphrase. >
IMHO, you're then using the wrong tool for the job ... sudo would be better. (My ssh-key passphrase is longer than my root password ...) Buchan -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7
