Re: I don't want a keyring password

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jdow wrote:
From: "Sam Varshavchik" <mrsam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Well you wouldn't want your personal passwords stored in plain text, where they'd be readable by other users.

What, mode 0600 does not work any more?

Of course not. It never did. An encrypted key ring is safe from "root".
An unencrypted key ring is open to root. So if you get root kitted your
passwords are dead.

And only the mentally deficient always run as root.

Reminds me of a co-worker of years ago, Doug, who was astonished and pleased that every time he installed a Solaris system an account was created for him without any special action on his part. Right, "Doug Root".

BTW, does your assessment include folks whose computer is totally isolated from any network?

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