Re: Root sending messages to users
Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@gmail.com>:
> 2008/6/21 Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca>:
> > On Fri, 2008-06-20 at 20:20 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> >> Additionally, should I have a dotan account on that machine I will
> >> habitually back it up, and always worry that there are files there
> >> that I need to know about, and set up the environment just how I like,
> >> and and and... I don't need any of that.
> >
> > Isn't it possible to have a script that mounts your home directory from
> > a remote location automatically?
> >
>
> Why would I do that? I am SSHing in from the machine with my home
> directory. In order to either put/get a file, or so sudo some
> administrative work.
>
> While I agree that every user of a machine should have his own home
> directory, I am not a user of that machine. I am an administrator
> (ha!) of that machine.
You're that machine's god. That machine's users(! you, her, and root)
need their god to do the right thing. It's very easy to do, and is
very little hassle in the long run. ssh keys for passwordless logins,
or no login; you can "ssh machine command" from your CLI.
Security's a process.
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