On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 03:38:30PM -0700, Paul E Condon wrote: > On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 12:48:48PM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 04:04:03PM -0600, Harry P wrote: > > > Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org> writes: > > > > On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 09:26:07AM -0600, Harry P wrote: > > > >> Axel Freyn <axel-freyn@gmx.de> writes: > > > >> > Why do you use ssh to connect to the local machine? I would propose to > > > > Point of Axel is use of SSH wastes CPU resource while gaining nothing. > > > > His suggestion is more efficient. .. I think. > > > Setting the issue of whether you have to type out a passwd aside: > > > > Hmmm... you must have set up passwordless SSH to root. I hope this sshd > > is not accessible from Internet. You may be attacked easily. > > > > I did it with localhost public key in /root/.ssh/known_hosts and my > user pub key in /root/.ssh/authorized_keys . Sorry I have come in a bit late and the answer might have been given previously. But isn't it the same as using sudo, sudo caches your password (access) for a user specified amount of time. Both methods seem to require a password sudo can be setup to limit access what command and files can be edited. and as for X access I can run sudo xterm from my machine and a root xterm pop's up on my X, what doesn't work is sudo su - and then xterm but there is a simple work around for that as well - set XAUTHORITY and DISPLAY Alex > > > -- > Paul E Condon > pecondon@mesanetworks.net > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > > -- "The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law." - George W. Bush 11/22/2000 Austin, TX
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