On Mon, 2011-07-04 at 21:20 -0700, Paul Allen Newell wrote: > On 7/4/2011 9:06 PM, Tim wrote: > > On Mon, 2011-07-04 at 22:34 +0000, g wrote: > >> if you are a user on multi systems on multi machines and you wish to > >> log into other machines, user name, id's, _and_ password need to be > >> same. > > Um, no, generally the passwords don't need to be the same. You just > > need to be able to log in. > > > I remember getting burned by different passwds for same user back in the > 1980's ... can't remember the specifics. Though I am certain things have > gotten much better in dealing with networks and protocols, I thought > there was still some reason why passwd should be the same? You may be thinking of the r* commands (rcp, rsh, ...) but I can't be bothered looking up the details. They are frowned on nowadays in any case. poc -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
