Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A quick test of su [SOLVED]

2010-01-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
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

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A quick test of su [SOLVED]

2010-01-21 Thread Neil Bothwick
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

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A quick test of su [SOLVED]

2010-01-21 Thread Neil Bothwick
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

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A quick test of su [SOLVED]

2010-01-21 Thread Stroller
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'

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A quick test of su [SOLVED]

2010-01-19 Thread Alan McKinnon
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