Re: root via ssh / why su - ?

2001-06-07 Thread Ethan Benson
On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 03:44:28PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: I don't know that it's possible to disable password authentication, or PasswordAuthentication no or if you want to do it on a user by user basis add: auth required pam_listfile.so item=user sense=deny \

Re: root via ssh / why su - ?

2001-06-07 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, May 28, 2001 at 09:18:17PM +1000, Brian May ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Alvin == Alvin Oga [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On my own boxen, root passwords were changed from defaults, and root ssh denied. I actually stood down my system administrator telling him he had no

Re: root via ssh / why su - ?

2001-06-07 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 08:37:16PM +0200, Hendrik Sattler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Karsten M. Self wrote: If you administrate XYZ different computer systems, and each computer has a different root password, it can become very difficult to remember all these passwords (especially if you

Re: root via ssh / why su - ?

2001-05-29 Thread Alex Suzuki
On Mon, May 28, 2001 at 11:26:06AM -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote: If you've got a PalmPilot, etc., there's a wonderful utility called STRIP (Secure Tool for Remembering Important Passwords) that does just this. It stores and categorizes passwords in an encrypted (either DES or IDEA, depending

Re: root via ssh / why su - ?

2001-05-29 Thread Joachim Trinkwitz
Alex Suzuki [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is there such a utility for a Linux system? I'm in need of one. I currently save some of my passwords (no root passwords, sorry) in a -rwx-- file :) Have a look at gpasman: $ apt-cache show gpasman Package: gpasman Priority: optional Section: non-US

Re: root via ssh / why su - ?

2001-05-28 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, May 27, 2001 at 08:13:30AM -0500, ktb ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 12:39:54PM +0200, Timo Blazko Boewing wrote: Hello! A silly theoretical question: in a ssh thread above, one got the answer *not* to enable root user access to a station, it would be

Re: root via ssh / why su - ?

2001-05-28 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya karsten I've seen mysterious (and bad) things happen on systems which had (very) commonly known root passwords and for which root ssh logins were allowed. That's simply idiotic, and we had the wiped disks to prove it. yup inhouse security is more prevelent than from the outside

Re: root via ssh / why su - ?

2001-05-28 Thread Brian May
Alvin == Alvin Oga [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On my own boxen, root passwords were changed from defaults, and root ssh denied. I actually stood down my system administrator telling him he had no need for a root password on the box -- he could administer the box locally if

Re: root via ssh / why su - ?

2001-05-28 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Mon, May 28, 2001 at 09:18:17PM +1000, Brian May wrote: (Just a thought: perhaps a better solution would be to store these passwords on a computer file, but GPG encrypt them?) If you've got a PalmPilot, etc., there's a wonderful utility called STRIP (Secure Tool for Remembering Important

Re: root via ssh / why su - ?

2001-05-28 Thread Alvin Oga
hi brian yes ... if one is forced, by ones forgetfullyness or really good passwds... i'd write it down and ENCRYPT that file... the assumption is you never forget the passwd or the pass phrase on the ONE machine... and keep a copy of it on another machine so that if you lose the disk/file...you

root via ssh / why su - ?

2001-05-27 Thread Blazko
Hello! A silly theoretical question: in a ssh thread above, one got the answer *not* to enable root user access to a station, it would be better to use a limited user account and then gain access via su or that. What is the difference between that. Don't I have full admin rights with su? Or if

root via ssh / why su - ?

2001-05-27 Thread Blazko
Hello! A silly theoretical question: in a ssh thread above, one got the answer *not* to enable root user access to a station, it would be better to use a limited user account and then gain access via su or that. What is the difference between that. Don't I have full admin rights with su? Or if I

Re: root via ssh / why su - ?

2001-05-27 Thread Alson van der Meulen
On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 12:41:33PM +0200, Timo Blazko Boewing wrote: Hello! A silly theoretical question: in a ssh thread above, one got the answer *not* to enable root user access to a station, it would be better to use a limited user account and then gain access via su or that. What is

Re: root via ssh / why su - ?

2001-05-27 Thread ktb
On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 12:39:54PM +0200, Timo Blazko Boewing wrote: Hello! A silly theoretical question: in a ssh thread above, one got the answer *not* to enable root user access to a station, it would be better to use a limited user account and then gain access via su or that. What is

Re: root via ssh / why su - ?

2001-05-27 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 12:39:54PM +0200, Timo Blazko Boewing wrote: A silly theoretical question: in a ssh thread above, one got the answer *not* to enable root user access to a station, it would be better to use a limited user account and then gain access via su or that. What is the