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From: "Skip Tavakkolian" <fst@centurytel.net>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] ssh and pcauth
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 23:46:03 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5dfe95b8103e3eba1e9ae1da0615aa14@centurytel.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87n0dtgg7u.fsf@rgristroph-austin.ath.cx>

> In the wiki, there is a reference to copying
> $home/lib/$user.secret.factotum to /mnt/factotum/ctl.  What is this
> for ?  Is it for ssh'ing to the Plan 9 machine, or do I have to do it
> ?

The wiki page says that ssh_genkey is obsolete and you should check
rsa(8).  It has a complete example.

factotum is your security agent.  It talks on your behalf when any
service asks for your credentials. Very cool, espcially when used with
secstore.



  reply	other threads:[~2003-08-29  6:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-08-29  5:55 Rob Ristroph
2003-08-29  6:46 ` Skip Tavakkolian [this message]
     [not found] <730584430@snellwilcox.com>
2003-08-29  9:29 ` steve.simon

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