[OpenAFS] /afs permissions

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Fri, 28 Oct 2005 10:49:06 -0500


On 10/28/05, Joe Buehler <jbuehler@spirentcom.com> wrote:
> The default afsd options (for AIX machines at least) end up
> producing a /afs directory that is mode 777.  This causes
> sshd to refuse to use public key files stored in .ssh
> directories somewhere under /afs.


Something of importance, is putting sensitive information like ssh
private keys and PGP keys, etc in AFS is a bad idea unless you have
encryption in there someplace.  Same is true for any network based
filesystem.



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