[nycbug-talk] Public-key sudo?

[Jan Schaumann]

Jason Hellenthal <jhell at dataix.net> wrote:
 
> I don't see an advantage here besides "I don't have to type my password".

For starters / in addition to what others have already said, you don't
have to actually have to _have_ a password hash sitting on the server in
question.  In some cases it's unacceptable to have your password hash be
exposed to the host in question.

-Jan
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