Password question. ** SOLVED ** Thanks all.

[Steven Vollom]

David Fletcher wrote:
> On Monday 24 November 2008 15:56:40 Bruce Marshall wrote:
>   
>> On Monday 24 November 2008, Steven Vollom wrote:
>>     
>>> First, I can change my Login password to 37 characters.  Then I set a
>>> password for root.  Is that what the above says?
>>>       
>> Then I can't help you and what you want I don't think is smart.  And.....
>> what I am proposing is not that much tougher than what you want.
>>
>>
>>     
>
> Just a thought...
>
> Is it possible to do the same trick that I use across the network, of putting 
> my ssh public key into the authorized_keys file of an account on another 
> host, so that I can log in without giving the password? Only, in Steven's 
> case, putting it into root's ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file.
>
> The plan being that Steven logs in with his horrible password, starts a 
> konsole, and becomes root using ssh root at localhost. I've never tried this 
> myself, but using the administrator account with sudo to copy the public key, 
> it is probably possible to enable a root login without setting a root 
> password at all.
>
> Dave
>
>
>   
Dear David,

I am going to post this as solved.  I will keep my ear open if my 
preferred solution appears, but I am taking time away from others who 
need help.  Thanks again for your considerate help.

Cheers! Ciao, and Cordially,

Steven