On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:46:04 +0200 Andrei Popescu <andreimpope...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Du, 09 ian 11, 21:42:03, Dan Serban wrote: > > So, I'm currently switching my 9 workstations around the house to > > diskless boot. They mount nfs shares that reside on top of an > > encrypted raid server. This is all fine and good. > > > > What I'd like to do: > > > > On a specific workstation, on boot, i'd like to require that a > > specific usb memory stick be inserted in the system. ie. one that > > contains a key which will allow the boot process to continue. > > > > Can this be done? If so, what should I use to make it less than > > easy to decipher? > > > > Maybe a GPG encoded text file that matches against a plain text one? > > (that's insecure)... > > Maybe libpam-ssh can be used for this? > Thanks for your suggestion, it made me search through the pam packages and pam-usb looks like it might do the job. Although, it doesn't seem to do exactly as I had hoped (allow the system to boot if the USB stick is inserted) it's a good start. > Regards, > Andrei -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110110172901.538ff...@ws82.int.tlc
