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Only for your user, and it means a keylogger on the system if it gets rooted can't pull your password to try on other machines. Personally I always either login
by dwedge 6mo ago
Only for your user, and it means a keylogger on the system if it gets rooted can't pull your password to try on other machines. Personally I always either login as root or use passwordless sudo.
- XorNot 6mo agoYubikeys are also surprisingly annoying when setup for the as well. A working developer just needs sudo a lot. Realistically a "sudo button" would be handy, on the keyboard, with a display to show a confirmation pin for the request (probably also needs a deny button so you can try and identify weird ones).
- parliament32 6mo agoSounds like a good use case for that new Copilot button you see on newer keyboards.
- IshKebab 6mo agoYou don't even need a button. Just a secure dialog like Windows has.
- Pay08 6mo agoI mean, that's what you have pinentry for.