On 2/2/07, Tyop? <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> key-based login without passphrase is like eating cheese without
> bred. useless (IMHO).
>

Totally, if someone compromises the machine and gets root they get all
your keys and without a passphrase... yeah no good.

> > - - With a little bit of configuration, it's easy to figure out which
> > key was used to login to an account; the audit trail can be managed
> > that way.
> > - - Managing which users have access to which root accounts is trivial
> > this way: just add or delete their keys from .ssh/authorized_keys[2].
>
> Totally agree.
>

Ditto.

-sb

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