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From: "Stefan G. Weichinger" <lists@×××××.at>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] user config provisioning
Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 14:00:59
Message-Id: 555DE501.8030203@xunil.at
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] user config provisioning by Alan McKinnon
1 On 21.05.2015 15:10, Alan McKinnon wrote:
2
3 > I didn't realize you want to deploy keys for root. Is that root on your
4 > local machine, or root on the remote machines?
5
6 both ... mixed and grown setup
7
8 > Either way, that part *does* need some thinking through.
9
10 yes! I knew it ;-)
11
12 > For automation involving root permissions, I prefer to use a remote
13 > system (non-root) account and give it the needed permissions in
14 > /etc/sudoers, being careful to disallow sudo -i, sudo su, and friends
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16 hm. so much work all around.