Harondel J. Sibble wrote:
> > (curious) what methods
> > people use to keep the password list from growing out of hand. Also
> > especially when you are admining/maintaining a network of co-located
> > machines. Do you use say a few passwords that are randomly distributed
> > between machines, a different password for each machine, or what.
> >
Phil Edwards replied:
> Although I can't claim to know a great deal about it, the usual solution in
> cases like this is to designate one of your machines as an NIS server
I think the low-tech method is best. Get too fancy, NIS, rsync
and other stuff, and if something breaks, it all falls down like
a string of dominoes. I think that passwords should be kept in
one of three places: your head, a 3x5 card in the safe, or a
laminated card in your wallet.
It also helps if YOUR non-root accounts, regardless of the
username
have the same password. YOu may wish to have the root passwords
all the same, or follow some scheme that is obvious only to you.
Howver, all this is moot if you have a wallet-size card.
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