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From: John Dangler <jdangler@××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] sudo
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 21:28:54
Message-Id: 016201c5a9b9$ffabf2f0$0501a8c0@croatus
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] sudo by Jonathan Wright
1 so, the best place to start would be to emerge sudo (and it's dependencies),
2 and then try and configure it from there... (?) I'm guessing that, with the
3 use flags set, it would also grab skey...
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5 John D
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8 -----Original Message-----
9 From: Jonathan Wright [mailto:mail@×××××××××.uk]
10 Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 3:11 PM
11 To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
12 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] sudo
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14 John Dangler wrote:
15 > The connecting page is a Solaris page that doesn't exist. I'm trying to
16 > find out exactly what this means, since it's a recommended piece from
17 > the Gentoo security handbook.
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19 There's a page at the gentoo wiki with some information about how to set
20 it all up:
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22 "S/keys are one time use passwords. You can use them if you need to
23 provide passwords where someone may be monitoring your keystrokes.
24 S/keys are generated randomly, usually around 100 are generated at one
25 time, with a passphrase as a key. (This passphrase is independent of
26 your main system password.)"
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29 Jonathan Wright ~ mail at djnauk.co.uk
30 ~ www.djnauk.co.uk
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33 up 11:09, 2 users, load average: 1.50, 2.22, 1.99
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35 "Governor Schwarzenegger has come out against gay marriage and
36 then he went back to slathering body oil all over his muscles in
37 front of other guys."
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39 ~ Craig Kilborn
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Re: [gentoo-user] sudo Jonathan Wright <mail@×××××××××.uk>