[clue-admin] User setup for "member" accounts

[Jed S. Baer]

On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 07:23:19 -0700
Collins Richey wrote:

> > Anyhow there should be no experimentation on a production server.  The
> > reason is if you make changes to files and get it half way working you
> > most likely will not back out changes and keep trying until you got it
> > working. Now if you are unlucky you got it working without the first
> > changes, which you have not backed out (uuuups).  So you have to wipe
> > the system and make only the changes you have to make to be save.

And, it plays havoc with Tripwire reports. As packages get added, Tripwire
notes the addition, and then complains when the package is removed.

> All of this is fine and dandy, but we don't have the luxury of an
> alternate testing server.

You should be able to test this with your home machine, if you don't mind
having the packages installed there.

As in 'ssh -l testlogin localhost'. I'll be doing this a little later
myself, once I get sshd installed. See what happens when you get me
curious?

jed
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