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Re: [OT] sudo: restrict to physical console only?



tomas writes:
> OTOH practice has shown: if you're doing sudo, you will have forgotten
> your root password anyway when you need it (I have, it's some horrible
> "pwgen -n 16" or something), and it' back to...

It should be written down somewhere secure.  Depending on your threat
model this can be on a note taped to the inside of the machine, in your
safe, or even in the notebook where you keep all your other passwords.
-- 
John Hasler 
jhasler@newsguy.com
Elmwood, WI USA


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