On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:22:50 -0800, walt wrote:
> > I read this that walt is using SSH keys ( on a USB stick?) for local
> > login, which would be best done with PAM. SSH login with keys is
> > handled by SSH itself.
> >
> > Can you confirm walt?
>
> I'm using it to ssh between the machines on
On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:12:50 +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> Oh, don't know if it's possible on local login. Anyway, I was just
> curious. PAM and ConsoleKit were two things that got installed by
> default (desktop profile) and I couldn't even find a use for them, so I
> removed both and di
On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:06:34 +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> > I'm no expert on PAM, but I've seen it used on every linux
> > distribution that I've tried over the years. In the case I just
> > described, I used it so I can identify myself with my ssh key, which
> > is much more secure than a pa
On 20 Jan 2010, at 21:39, walt wrote:
... In the case I just described, I used it so I can identify myself
with my ssh key, which is much more secure than a password. ... I'm
not sure how I would have added ssh key authentication without pam.
I'm pretty sure it's possible, although I haven'
On Tuesday 19 January 2010 20:26:29 Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> On 01/19/2010 07:55 PM, walt wrote:
> > On 01/18/2010 04:41 PM, walt wrote:
> >> Here is what I see on both machines:
> >>
> >> $su
> >> Password: <= I type Ctrl-d here
> >> Segmentation fault
> >>
> >> I've traced this problem to t
100118 walt wrote:
> On 01/18/2010 02:14 PM, Hilco Wijbenga wrote:
>> 2010/1/18 walt:
>>> As an ordinary user, type 'su' at a bash prompt. Now, where you
>>> would normally type your root password, just type Ctrl-d instead.
>> su: Authentication information cannot be recovered
> Here is what I see
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