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

Lacey Maryott Roerish lroerish4 at gmail.com
Mon Nov 9 11:09:12 EST 2009


ok everybody, as far as I can tell, Dumbo now has its latest upgrade and is
back online!

Lacey

On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Karl O. Pinc <kop at meme.com> wrote:

> 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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> > Lacey K. Maryott Roerish
> > Alberts Lab
> > Department of Biology
> > Duke University
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> > Lacey.Maryott at duke.edu
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> Karl <kop at meme.com>
> Free Software:  "You don't pay back, you pay forward."
>                 -- Robert A. Heinlein
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Lacey K. Maryott Roerish
Alberts Lab
Department of Biology
Duke University
ph: 919-660-7306
fax: 919-660-7293
Lacey.Maryott at duke.edu
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