Sometimes you want to write a shell or other script, and that script is going to have to run under sudo. Under such conditions if the script does anything that requires authentication it will not act as expected. In plain terms it means that the regular popup for authentication will not appear. The tool maybe [...]
In a struggle to secure my home computer I did battle with the ssh server once again to configure it “just the way I want it” ™. I prefer pubkey + password since this ensures that if I lose the laptop/phone/whatever then the lucky finder will not find his/her way into my home computer. So, [...]