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> Subject: [gentoo-server] Can portage proxy username/password |
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> be encrypted? |
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> Hey all, |
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> On my work box, running 2.6.12-gentoo-r9 (x86), I now need to use |
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> username/password authentication for our proxy. And since my |
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> box isn't |
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> considered production (although I won't be very productive |
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> without it!), |
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> I need to use my own username/password for proxies listed in |
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> /etc/make.conf in order to "emerge --sync" and download packages. I |
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> really don't relish the thought of my authentication info being backed |
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> up Corporately in clear text, and I'm pretty sure that's against |
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> Corporate Policy somehow. |
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> |
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> Is there a way to have the authentication info encrypted? Even light |
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> encryption is preferrable to none and I'm not nearly concerned about |
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> username as I am about password. Right now I'm manually |
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> using "zip" to |
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> decrypt the /etc/make.conf as needed, which means my cron'd daily |
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> portage updates won't work. |
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> Thoughts? |
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If you don't need authentication when using localhost on the server, you |
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might be able to ssh tunnel the connections to your local machine. It's |
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worth a try.... |
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Bill |
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