Rob van der Heij wrote:
On 8/30/06, Alan Altmark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yeah, but you have an HD password, right? And you require authentication
to your OS?
I assume the password generator will reveal that password when you set
You seem to be replying to me...
I was thinking of a cron job, sending all output to /dev/null
I don't see that as materially different from having no password. Then,
you can tell the auditor, there is a password, p&p don't allow us to
tell you what it is, or who has it.
it? Even if you forget it immediately I think it is less secure than
not being able to use a password at all. Apart from the fact that if
there is a password someone will find a justification to have that
shared with others, just in case.
Never.
I set sudo to request users' password (different from SUSE default),
aand while _I_ don't restrict the commands I can issue:-) I can.
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