On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, Courtney Spencer wrote:

: > : The handy thing about permitting direct root logins is that you can
: > : sdist and rsync system files (e.g., /usr/local upgrade) to a whole
: bunch
: > : of other machines easily. Is there any way to do this without direct
: > : root logins?
: >
: > I think you just won that $5 sudo challenge.  8-)
:
: Hmmm.  How about utilizing the netbsd package system and allowing
: certain logins to pkg_create on the sdisting machine then remotely
: "sudo pkg_add" NOPASSWD any needed upgrades.  Otherwise make
: non-sensitive data files writable by special groups.
:
: Chris, your money is safe.

This isn't the application that was described above.  (Not everything fits
into pkgsrc, you know.)  Rewriting the requirements deosn't invalidate the
assertion....

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