Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 17:10:01 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: asami@FreeBSD.ORG (Satoshi Asami) Cc: mike@smith.net.au, mark@grondar.za, committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Security and other facilities at WC CDROM - the plan. Message-ID: <199809240010.RAA05072@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 23 Sep 1998 16:57:38 PDT." <199809232357.QAA08119@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu>
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> * > * a) Those users who use ssh and have set up a no-password login > * > * will continue to enjoy that facility. > * > > * > Will typing passwords over ssh work? There are some times (quite > * > often, actually) that my home directory is not available and I have to > * > type my password to get into paddock. > * > * It should; the connection is encrypted already at that point. > > I know that much. However, since Mark says the NIS user maps don't > contain passwords, I wasn't sure if this will be supported in the new > world of freebsd.org machines. > > (If you mean "It'd better" by "It should", then I agree with you.) I mean "if it doesn't, we will have to fix it". Now, back to building the security server. Did I ever mention how much I hate old Pentium BIOS code? -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com
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