Re: ssh authentication
Colin Watson wrote:
> rland@urbia.de wrote:
> >logged as a normal user I would like to open up X-apps requiring root
> >permissions.
>
> As root in root's home directory, make .Xauthority a symbolic link to
> your normal user's .Xauthority file (or set the XAUTHORITY environment
> variable to the location of that file). Then you can just run X programs
> while inside 'su'.
This works nicely - thank you very much!
> >Launching ssh-keygen resulted in creating a file for the RSA key and a
> >prompt for a passphrase. The relating manpage reports a required
> >passphrase of at least 512bits.
> Key length isn't the same as passphrase length. The recommended
> passphrase length in that manpage is at least 10-30 characters.
Nevertheless I tried to use ssh on the local mashine called MINI while
logged in as user "rland" and using one of the xterm's:
ssh -l root MINI
- the system then prompts me for the password and I keyed the root
password. Reaction - "permission denied"
There must be something I had missed.
> >How many bits are need for one char on a Intel mashine
> 8 on virtually every machine these days (anything with a C compiler has
> 8-bit chars, to start with), though that isn't important to your
> problem.
Doesn't this rely on the OS and the processor. Would one char be coded
by 8bits on the coming Intel 64bit processor and 64bit linux?
Robert
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