How do I gracefully exit/shutdown a "remote" machine?
William Park
opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org
Thu Jul 21 01:38:31 UTC 2005
On Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 08:49:55PM -0400, Henry Spencer wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Jul 2005, William Park wrote:
> > > Crypto authentication -- of both machines and users -- is definitely
> > > the way to go if you're going to allow direct root login, and there is
> > > much to be said for it in general.
> >
> > This issue is my pet peeve... I do password access only...
> > Main reason is that computers get stolen.
>
> ... Get key files off **BACKUP** tape or disk (fetch offsite
> backup if necessary) or from **BACKUP** server. Back in business.
Darn it, a correct answer. I was all psyched up to rant about you
crypto peddlers.
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William Park <opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org>, Toronto, Canada
ThinFlash: Linux thin-client on USB key (flash) drive
http://home.eol.ca/~parkw/thinflash.html
BashDiff: Super Bash shell
http://freshmeat.net/projects/bashdiff/
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