On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 23:00, Pigeon wrote: > On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 12:27:21PM -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote: > > In regards to the roommates at least, they both use Debian and know > > enough about it to do some basic functions from a terminal. As such, I > > could tell them what to do over the phone without having to hold their > > hands through the whole procedure. The reason I'm so concerned about the > > one-time-use password is not to defend against any maliciousness on > > their part, but rather to defend against stupidity on their part. (Or to > > cover up my stupidity by having them fix something I broke before I get > > home. :) > > What happens if they get a keybounce while typing ^D ? "keybounce"? You mean if they hit ^D with an empty command line? Considering that it took me 6 months to teach them about ^U, I don't see it being a problem. :) But in the event that it does happen, it just means the problem will have to wait until I get home. I've been doing that for months already anyway. :) -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837
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