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From: g.pavelcak@comcast.net
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: [9fans] CPU Server Wiki, auth/keyfs, and password for the machine.
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:40:15 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <072620081340.24160.488B293F000A4E6C00005E602200751150050E0C040A900E9FD209@comcast.net> (raw)

In the Wiki on configuring a standalone cpu server, there is a part that says to run auth/keyfs to provide a password for the machine. Assuming a fresh install, this is done while logged in as glenda.

Is this really necessary? Is it different from zeroing the nvram and then entering authid, password, etc.?

Someday I'll actually understand the authentication pieces here: keyfs, factotum, secstore....

Thanks.

Greg



             reply	other threads:[~2008-07-26 13:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-07-26 13:40 g.pavelcak [this message]
2008-07-26 16:15 ` Russ Cox
2008-07-26 18:28   ` Gregory Pavelcak
2008-07-26 18:50     ` [9fans] CPU Server Wiki, auth/keyfs, erik quanstrom
2008-07-26 19:10     ` [9fans] CPU Server Wiki, auth/keyfs, and password for the machine Russ Cox
2008-07-27 13:33       ` Gregory Pavelcak
2008-07-27 14:42         ` [9fans] CPU Server Wiki, auth/keyfs, erik quanstrom
2008-07-27 14:55         ` Skip Tavakkolian
2008-07-27 15:40           ` Gregory Pavelcak
2008-07-27 16:48             ` erik quanstrom
2008-07-28 10:17               ` Gregory Pavelcak
2008-07-28 10:49                 ` erik quanstrom

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