[Discussion] passwords

[Mr. C K]

Yah I like the idea of one for surfing, updating web page, tweeting,
emailing etc. (Not forgetting Tumeke)  And another for developing,
scripting and general tomfoolery of that nature.

Smy idea, over to youse
Ck
On Feb 22, 2012 5:14 PM, "Cheng Eu Chew" <renedox at gmail.com> wrote:

> Not so much about security unless you are talking about the security in
> knowing that there will be a computer for use which people haven't screwed
> around with. But that's symantics.
> On Feb 22, 2012 5:09 PM, "Abhishek Reddy" <mail at abhishek.geek.nz> wrote:
>
>> Yes. I like this solution because it knocks out two birds at once:
>>
>>  * There is always a computer that's available for read-only use. This is
>> important for equitable access, since not all of us are always interested
>> in, or able to, fix up a computer system that's been fooled with.
>>  * There is always a computer that's available for tinkering. To me, it
>> wouldn't be a hackerspace if this wasn't possible, even for casual members
>> or visitors. I believe the self-repair manifesto hanging on the wall
>> applies directly to our common tools and resources, and especially suits
>> computers.
>>
>> In general, I'm sceptical of any security theatre though. If we were
>> doing this in the name of security, we could be on a slippery slope.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Cheng Eu Chew <renedox at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I believe that is the current plan - once we do actually get the
>>> computer from Abhishek. As I understood it anyway.
>>>
>>> One computer for general web surfing and use - relatively locked down
>>> but kept at a usable state and "guaranteed" internet connectivity.
>>> Another computer, also free access, for people to do other things like
>>> dev and other crap - which also includes web surfing.
>>>
>>> Cheng Eu Chew
>>> _________________________________________________
>>> Email : renedox at gmail.com
>>> Mobile : +64220810098
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 22 February 2012 16:21, Robin Paulson <robin at bumblepuppy.org> wrote:
>>> >  On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:53:00 +1300, Jaco van der Merwe - Workshop
>>> >  Enterprises Ltd. wrote:
>>> >> Sounds like a sensible approach - that machine was due for a scratch
>>> >> anyway.
>>> >>
>>> >> So, set up an unprivileged  guest account (named "guest")  for
>>> >> general
>>> >> use & other users with real logins?
>>> >
>>> >  for the general use machine?
>>> >
>>> >  the suggestion was to have one account, no root access. then alan has
>>> >  root access and maintains it in a 'good' state
>>> >
>>> >  the likelihood of people switching account for their use is pretty
>>> low,
>>> >  it generally gets used by each person for a web search or two/website
>>> >  update for maybe 10 minutes max. - but i might be wrong. also, I
>>> >  personally wouldn't be prepared to do too much administration on it,
>>> >  there's far more interesting stuff to do at tangle ball.
>>> >
>>> >  for the 'dev' machine from abhishek? maybe one account, with sudo
>>> >  access, password written on the front. use it for anything, be
>>> prepared
>>> >  to re-format and install again in 6 months.
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> >  robin
>>> >
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>>
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