Re: best way to remotely manage user credentials

["Wojciech Ziniewicz" <wojciech.ziniewicz@gmail.com>]

2008/5/13 Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uhlar@fantomas.sk>:

>  just note that when someone does 'ps' on machine you when execute this
>  script, (s)he can see arguments, therefore the password. Yes, grsecurity
>  patch can prevent ordinary people from seeing the password, but this is
>  usually not taken as secure...

sure, it would be not secure if the "managing" server was a multiuser system.
there's only www server without ftp,ssh etc .

i hear "ldap" all the time but dont think that ldap will be the remedy.

more or less -thanks for feedback ;)


regards
wojtek ziniewicz

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