[Python-Dev] Admin access using svn+ssh

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Mon Aug 22 18:10:37 CEST 2005


Aahz wrote:
> Yes, I know -- but it looks like a mistake to me.  Are you saying that
> all shell access will be done through a single account?  Isn't that a
> huge security risk?  My understanding was that it was SVN access that
> would be going through a single account, not shell access.

Only few selected people would have shell access; I don't see that
as a huge risk. Anyway, Barry didn't like it either, so we removed
shell access to the pythondev account; user keys now need to be
added by the pydotorg admins.

Regards,
Martin


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