On Monday 04 August 2003 19:48, Marc Shapiro wrote: > I have set up a user on one box that does not require a password to log > in.
That's not a Good Thing (TM) unless you're in a very trusted environment, and even there I would not consider it unless absolutely unavoidable. > I want to be able to pass a parameter of some kind, or set an > environment variable that I can test in .bash_profile and determine the > specific action to be taken depending on its value. Is this possible, > or am I barking up the wrong tree? I'd recommend you use ssh with public key authentication for that. It's probably better suited for what you need by allowing remote command execution. -- Got Backup? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
