On Wed 11 May 2022 at 20:26:20 (+0200), to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 11:07:09AM -0500, David Wright wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > But after two posts about background information on setuid shell
> > scripts, you now write "the worst antipattern is to misuse tech
> > to force people
On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 11:07:09AM -0500, David Wright wrote:
[...]
> But after two posts about background information on setuid shell
> scripts, you now write "the worst antipattern is to misuse tech
> to force people to follow some nonsensical rituals". Strong words.
Sorry if I was unclear. Th
On Wed 11 May 2022 at 07:05:47 (+0200), to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 10:08:20PM -0500, David Wright wrote:
> > On Tue 10 May 2022 at 17:12:25 (-0600), Charles Curley wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > IOW, though logging in to root by password is ok at the console,
> > it's not ok when r
Charles Curley wrote:
> On Tue, 10 May 2022 11:08:23 -0500
> David Wright wrote:
>
> > That complicates unlocking partitions remotely because, even if you
> > can log in as root, you normally can't log in remotely as root.
>
> ??? I log in as root over SSH all the time.
Most sshd configs eithe
On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 10:08:20PM -0500, David Wright wrote:
> On Tue 10 May 2022 at 17:12:25 (-0600), Charles Curley wrote:
[...]
> IOW, though logging in to root by password is ok at the console,
> it's not ok when remote. ➀
I assume you know all that you can set "PermitRootLogin yes" in
your
On Tue 10 May 2022 at 17:12:25 (-0600), Charles Curley wrote:
> On Tue, 10 May 2022 11:08:23 -0500
> David Wright wrote:
>
> > That complicates unlocking partitions remotely because, even if you
> > can log in as root, you normally can't log in remotely as root.
>
> ??? I log in as root over SSH
On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 05:12:25PM -0600, Charles Curley wrote:
> David Wright wrote:
> > I use a special user called unlock, whose home directory is on
> > /var/local/, to unlock my /home partitions:
>
> Unlock? What does "unlock" mean in this context? It looks like a
> synonym for "mount". If s
On Tue, 10 May 2022 11:08:23 -0500
David Wright wrote:
> That complicates unlocking partitions remotely because, even if you
> can log in as root, you normally can't log in remotely as root.
??? I log in as root over SSH all the time.
>
> I use a special user called unlock, whose home director
On Tue 10 May 2022 at 13:02:41 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 11:08:23AM -0500, David Wright wrote:
[> > On Tue 10 May 2022 at 08:21:00 (-0600), Charles Curley wrote:]
> > > Why the aversion to doing things as root? Why not just run your scripts
> > > as root? This is exa
On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 11:08:23AM -0500, David Wright wrote:
> > On Tue, 10 May 2022 07:50:18 -0400 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> > Why the aversion to doing things as root? Why not just run your scripts
> > as root? This is exactly the sort of thing that is reserved to root for
> > reasons of secur
On Tuesday, May 10, 2022 10:21:00 AM Charles Curley wrote:
> Why the aversion to doing things as root? Why not just run your scripts
> as root? This is exactly the sort of thing that is reserved to root for
> reasons of security.
I may think about that some more, but it is a general aversion to be
On Tue 10 May 2022 at 08:21:00 (-0600), Charles Curley wrote:
> On Tue, 10 May 2022 07:50:18 -0400 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > Background: 8 years ago I wrote a set of scripts to help me mount and
> > unmount LUKS encrypted partitions as needed and as myself
> > () rather than as root.
>
> W
On Tue, 10 May 2022 07:50:18 -0400
rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> Background: 8 years ago I wrote a set of scripts to help me mount and
> unmount LUKS encrypted partitions as needed and as myself
> () rather than as root.
Why the aversion to doing things as root? Why not just run your scripts
as ro
By the way, thanks to all who replied! One followup below.
On Tuesday, May 10, 2022 08:20:10 AM rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> Ok, thanks very much!
>
> That resolves that -- I do have another way of doing it (the c helper
> program), I just don't like it -- I'll probably continue to use that but
>
On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 07:58:39AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 07:50:18AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> > Aside: even though this is not a Debian specific question, I often use
> > debian-
> > user as my first resource in asking Linux questions.
>
> It's Linux-speci
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Ok, thanks very much!
That resolves that -- I do have another way of doing it (the c helper
program), I just don't like it -- I'll probably continue to use that but think
about alternatives.
On Tuesday, May 10, 2022 07:58:39 AM Greg Wooledge wrote:
> The Linux ker
On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 07:50:18AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> Aside: even though this is not a Debian specific question, I often use debian-
> user as my first resource in asking Linux questions.
>
> Background: 8 years ago I wrote a set of scripts to help me mount and unmount
> LUKS encr
On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 07:50:18AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> Aside: even though this is not a Debian specific question, I often use debian-
> user as my first resource in asking Linux questions.
It's Linux-specific, though.
> -rwsr-xr-x 1 root 1412 Aug 31 2014
>
The Linux kernel doe
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