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RE: Remote cvs and security
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Josh Baudhuin |
Subject: |
RE: Remote cvs and security |
Date: |
Mon, 10 Sep 2001 14:22:25 -0700 |
Well, pserver + CVSROOT/passwd is one thing, but using pserver with the
default authentication of the system isn't so bad. Passwords are stored
in the same way that /etc/passwd encrypts them.
-----Original Message-----
From: address@hidden [mailto:address@hidden On Behalf
Of Mike Castle
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 8:51 AM
To: address@hidden
Subject: Re: Remote cvs and security
On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 08:41:34AM -0500, Colin Bester wrote:
> Creating CVSROOT/passwd file is fine for attempting to protect users
> system passwords, but still leaves the repository vunerable itself.
This is a red herring.
Avoid using pserver,
Give users accounts, and set them up using ssh.
If you are that paranoid about your developers compromising system
passwords, then put them on a separate system that has no privileges, so
even if they do get root, they can't affect the rest of your network.
mrc
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Re: Remote cvs and security, David Fuller, 2001/09/10