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Re: pam_xauth module and Debian's X



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Hi,

Raul Miller <moth@debian.org> writes:

> On Sat, May 06, 2000 at 02:41:16PM +0100, Graeme Mathieson wrote:
> > Scenario: The .Xauthority file is in a user's home directory which
> > is NFS mounted. The NFS filesystem is exported no_root_squash. So if
> > the permissions on .Xauthority are correct, then even root wont have
> > access to it.
> 
> ssh -X -l root localhost

Neat.  And with RSAAuthentication, you could allow individuals to login as
root without a password.  And of course, you can restrict root login over
ssh to localhost. :)

- -- 
Graeme.
graeme+sig@mathie.cx

"Life's not fair," I reply. "But the root password helps." - BOFH
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