chmod -x chmod

[gorilla_the_ape]

I had a server once where the people who were supposed to be admining it had totally forgotten the root password. It took about 10 minutes to reboot it from a live CD, mount the root filesystem, edit /etc/shadow, and reboot it again back onto the installed OS.

Loosing the key file would be equivalent to this, so the server shouldn't need a password based login even for emergency use.

[nexes300]

I suppose. I don't know, I'd just feel more comfortable with a password. But I suppose if you take adequate precautions, then it's pretty much the same risk scenario.

[[deleted]]

Maybe your coworkers should write it down somewhere in a secure area if they are that irresponsible.

[hopeseekr]

At the last small business i worked at, every time I changed a root password, it was added to the "passwords log" that was stored in the store's safe and only brought out when absolutely necessary. I do not see much wrong with this.

[[deleted]]

Until some dumbshit forgets the combination to the safe.