[lug] sudo better than su (was: Using consoles)

[PC Drew]

Yet another answer to the same question...

I have had no luck being able to find the *nix version of ssh on
http://www.ssh.fi.  The school that the author went to when he wrote ssh,
though, has all the files (ftp://ftp.cs.hut.fi/pub/ssh/).

It is similar to telnet in that you can use it to remotely log into
machines.  However, it does a good job of encrypting the data that get's
sent across the wire.  If you've ever run a packet sniffer while telneting
to a box, you'd know what I mean.  If you haven't done this, do it and
you'll never use telnet again.

Ssh also comes with a little known, but very useful secure "ftp" program
called scp.  This is a command-line based ftp program that also encrypts
the data.

Various encryption algorithms can be used with ssh (3DES, RSA, IDEA, etc)
as well as various authentication methods (RSA, password, etc).

And finally...ssh and sudo are the two packages that I'd say are a MUST to
install.

Good luck,
PC Drew

PS - read up on the differences between ssh2 and ssh1, and if you install
them both, make SURE to read the SSH2.QUICKSTART file located in the ssh2
package to make them work together.

"There are only 3 numbers in existence: 0, 1, and as many as you need."
	-Unknown

On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, John Edwards wrote:

> At 10:46 AM 9/29/1999 -0600, you wrote:
> >first of all...don't telnet, use ssh.  Secondly, you should never ever ever
> >send your root password across the wire.  If you want to login as root, use
> >"sudo su -".  That will create a sudo "wrapper" around the "su -" command.
> >That way you'll be logged in as root, but still have all of the benefits of
> >sudo (i.e. logging!!).  Also, you won't have to send your root password
> >across the wire.
> 
> 	I've heard about sudo, but what is ssh?
> 
> 
> 
> John
> Nine megs for the secretaries fair, Seven megs for the hackers scarce
> Five megs for the grads in smoky lairs, Three megs for system source;
>          One disk to rule them all, One disk to bind them,
>     One disk to hold the files, and in the darkness grind 'em.
> 
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