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DATE | 2003-06-19 |
FROM | Ron Guerin
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SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] root password for President
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From owner-hangout-desteny-at-mrbrklyn.com Thu Jun 19 16:32:28 2003 Received: from www2.mrbrklyn.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mrbrklyn.com (8.12.3/8.11.2/SuSE Linux 8.11.1-0.5) with ESMTP id h5JKWS8m027011 for ; Thu, 19 Jun 2003 16:32:28 -0400 Received: (from mdom-at-localhost) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id h5JKWSIt027010 for hangout-desteny; Thu, 19 Jun 2003 16:32:28 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: www2.mrbrklyn.com: mdom set sender to owner-hangout-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com using -f Received: from vnetworx.net (www.vnetworx.net [64.39.31.89]) by mrbrklyn.com (8.12.3/8.11.2/SuSE Linux 8.11.1-0.5) with SMTP id h5JKWR8m027005 for ; Thu, 19 Jun 2003 16:32:27 -0400 Received: (qmail 29334 invoked by uid 513); 19 Jun 2003 20:35:33 -0000 Received: from dsl081-215-128.nyc2.dsl.speakeasy.net (64.81.215.128) by www.vnetworx.net with SMTP; 19 Jun 2003 20:35:33 -0000 Subject: Re: [hangout] root password for President From: Ron Guerin To: NYLXS In-Reply-To: <200306191618.07501.ray-pub-at-nyc.rr.com> References: <069D219A1FFED611983300A0C9A02A5612AB01-at-NYCSV1> <200306191618.07501.ray-pub-at-nyc.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: VNetworx Internet Services Message-Id: <1056053993.3732.41114.camel-at-dante> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.4 Date: 19 Jun 2003 16:19:56 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Ron Guerin List: New Yorker GNU Linux Scene Admin: To unsubscribe send unsubscribe name-at-domian.com in the body to hangout-request-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com X-Evolution: 000007d6-0000 X-Keywords: X-UID: 13211 Status: RO Content-Length: 681 Lines: 20
On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 16:18, Ray C. wrote:
> The password should be known to the President of the Org and to a _full time_ > SA (one person's job - as the 'go-to' guy for issues with the server's > functionality and content). We need someone to SA the server as a full time > position to keep it up to date and make changes in timely fashion.
Root passwords should be very closely held. This often runs up against practical reality, leading to an installation of sudo.
http://www.courtesan.com/sudo/
- Ron
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