[svlug] SSH password question

[Alvin Oga]

hi ya hans..

> I'm using SSH to log into my servers, but I'm also using POP to check my
> mail. Since both SSH and POP look at the /etc/passwd file, I see a security
> problem. If someone traps my POP session password, which is not encrypted,
> they can then log in through SSH. Is there an easy, straight-forward way of
> having different passwords?

i just saw a mini howto document or pkg with ssh-pop-identd during my cruize
donno the url.... search for "ssh-pop" at yahoo or dejanews

have fun
alvin

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