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On Wednesday 05 September 2007 18:50:21 Bahman M. wrote:
> Robin Becker wrote:
> >At present I don't even allow login via ssh on that box ie it's purely key
> > based.
>
> I'm wondering how would you want to change a system to which you don't
> have access?  Or did I misunderstood something?

He's using ssh pub/private keys - not hashed system passwords, so no passwords 
(even if hashed form) travels the network.

And yes, sudo is the way to go.
-- 
Mel

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