[Babase] Fwd: Anacron job 'cron.daily' on dumbo

Karl O. Pinc kop at meme.com
Mon Nov 9 10:56:58 EST 2009


On 11/09/2009 09:17:13 AM, Lacey Maryott Roerish wrote:
> I'm pretty clueless about the hardware end of all of this, but I 
> Think
> Karl
> may be talking about the root password to our backup computer, not
> papio.
> I'm guessing they are different.

Yes.  The password to dumbo, not papio.

Ryan is right.  Shared passwords are much less secure.


> 
> Lacey
> 
> On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Ryan Hardy <rh87 at duke.edu> wrote:
> 
> > I don't want to speak out of turn, but I'd prefer that shared
> passwords be
> > kept to a bare minimum, especially with something as sensitive as
> the root
> > password.  In fact, I wasn't even aware that anyone else had it; 
> how
> you got
> > it is somewhat of a mystery since I changed it when I arrived and
> don't
> > remember sharing it.  Am I forgetting something?
> >
> > -Ryan
> >
> >
> > On Nov 7, 2009, at 2:00 PM, Karl O. Pinc wrote:
> >
> >  When you do 'su' you need supply the root (master) password.
> >> I was pretty sure I got this to you guys but now that I think
> >> of it maybe I didn't.   Please call me (do you have the number?)
> >> and I'll give you the password.
> >>
> >> I can also set it up so that you use your own password,
> >> but it requires an extra step every time you become root.
> >> The advantage is that we don't have to share the root password
> >> so we don't have to change it when you become a disgruntled
> >> ex-employee.   What do people think?
> >>
> >
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> 
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> Lacey K. Maryott Roerish
> Alberts Lab
> Department of Biology
> Duke University
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> 




Karl <kop at meme.com>
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