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Date:      Thu, 14 Mar 2002 15:42:26 -0800
From:      Eli Dart <dart@nersc.gov>
To:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: sshd UseLogin option 
Message-ID:  <20020314234226.306E63B1AB@gemini.nersc.gov>
In-Reply-To: Your message of Thu, 14 Mar 2002 09:42:53 MST. <15504.54029.424057.761653@caddis.yogotech.com> 

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In reply to Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> :

> > > Could someone please explain to me why we don't use sshd's UseLogin
> > > option by default?  I know that there was a security hole related to
> > > that option recently, but that's not a real reason - security holes
> > > can show up anywhere - so is there anything that makes UseLogin a
> > > particularly bad idea?
> > 
> > Who uses system passwords with ssh(1)?
> 
> We do for our remote access boxes that have numerous users accessing
> them.

Also, if you want to use sudo, you need to have local passwords.  
Yes, you can use keys as well, but many folks don't bother.

		--eli




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