Multiple passwords for root user in Linux

[Ganesh Kumar]

HI Guys,

Anybody have seen two passwords working for the root user in a server to access with ssh.
Is it possible to have multiple passwords for a user in any system. please guide me.

-Ganesh.
Did I learn something today? If not, I wasted it.

[Kr Shah]

Dear ganesh,
It is better to generate multiple ssh keys and share the public key to whichever machine the access is needed.
Anyways root access via ssh is not a good idea for production environments :)

thanks,
Karan Shah
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Date:	20-03-2012 13:37
Subject:	[VGLUG] Multiple passwords for root user in Linux
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[ElectroMech]

Dear Ganesh,

On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Ganesh Kumar <bugc...@gmail.com> wrote:

HI Guys,

Anybody have seen two passwords working for the root user in a server to access with ssh.
Is it possible to have multiple passwords for a user in any system. please guide me.

There are lots of technique available and it is called 2 factor authentication.

There are lots of open source solution available.

http://www.wikidsystems.com/community-version

Just for your reference.

 

-Ganesh.
Did I learn something today? If not, I wasted it.

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