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Command-line password manager that uses SSH key to authenticate
I'm looking for a command-line password manager, much like pwsafe, but one that features SSH key authentication. That is, I'd like to be able to add my SSH key to the authentication when opening the ...
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Safe way to pass password for >1 programs in bash
I'm writing a bash script, and need to ask user for his password and pass it to openssl. Whilst openssl can read the password itself, I need for two runs of the program and don't want to ask the user ...
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Simplest way to password protect a directory and its contents without having to create new files?
I would like to password protect or encrypt a directory and all the files within it (for the whole directory tree below it). I do not want to bother the whole home directory, I want a specific ...
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Why can't I echo the password to fetchmail?
I'm trying to configure a fetchmail. Before I deal with the syntax of fetchmailrc ( I discovered that the level of bugginess of a problem is synergistic with the number of different aspects of the ...
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How to check password with Linux?
I want to check, from the linux command line, if a given cleartext password is the same of a crypted password on a /etc/shadow
(I need this to authenticate web users. I'm running an embedded linux.)
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How to give a normal user permission to change root password
Please do not ask why, but is it possible to do it?
p/s: I know it's not a good thing, let's just say someone from the top management who is computer illiterate want some sort of control over the ...
