On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 12:28:40PM -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote: > On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 23:00, Pigeon wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 12:27:21PM -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote: > > > In regards to the roommates at least, they both use Debian and know > > > enough about it to do some basic functions from a terminal. As such, I > > > could tell them what to do over the phone without having to hold their > > > hands through the whole procedure. The reason I'm so concerned about the > > > one-time-use password is not to defend against any maliciousness on > > > their part, but rather to defend against stupidity on their part. (Or to > > > cover up my stupidity by having them fix something I broke before I get > > > home. :) > > > > What happens if they get a keybounce while typing ^D ? > > "keybounce"? You mean if they hit ^D with an empty command line?
As in: (On a crappy keyboard) $ cat > somefile some gubbins some more gubbins ^D (but the key bounces, so you actually get ^D^D) logout debian login: ...or (Overconfident blind use of an xterm partially concealed by browser window, using sloppy focus) $ cst > somefile bash: cst: command not found (middle click to paste a URL) <return> bash: http://www.two-stroke-diesels.org: No such file or directory ^D (xterm vanishes) Or am I the only one who does this? -- Pigeon Be kind to pigeons Get my GPG key here: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x21C61F7F
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