[securityguide] add recommandation

Fabian Affolter fab at fedoraproject.org
Wed Oct 8 09:52:12 UTC 2014


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On 10/06/2014 04:34 PM, Eric H. Christensen wrote:
> Maybe someone else would like to comment here...
> 
> On Sat, Oct 04, 2014 at 08:07:56AM +0000, Fabian Affolter wrote:
>> commit a7b06bdc34a327d4fd01308cabc2ff4a2b0828c2 Author: Fabian
>> Affolter <fab at fedoraproject.org> Date:   Sat Oct 4 10:07:34 2014
>> +0200
> 
>> -					Install <package>pam_yubico</package> +					Install
>> <package>pam_yubico</package> as root.
> 
> "as root" seems redundant.  One can *only* install the package as
> root so "as root" is already a given.

Well, at various places in this guide it's mentioned that the
installation has to be done as root. I followed that line.

>> -					To simple use the yubikey token without your password
>> remove the first line from the step above and replace it with the
>> second. +					To simple use the yubikey token without your
>> password remove the first line from the step above and replace it
>> with the second. It's not recommanded to use the yubikey without
>> a password.
> 
> Why is it not recommended (and always check your spelling) to use a
> Yubikey without a password?  If we're going to add a sentence in
> like this it should either be an admon or we need to talk about it
> more.  In this case I think we should talk about it more.

I will rephrase that.

Thanks for our input.

Kind regards,

Fabian
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