Re: [chrony-dev] Traffic amplification with chrony commands

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Bill Unruh writes:
> Another possiblility if this is implimented is to allow root
> passwordless access from the local machine. Mind you I am not sure how
> one could reliably decide that some request really was from root
> locally rather than from someone else. I guess if root runs chronyc it
> could automatically get the password from chrony.keys and send it.

Chronyc could simply always try to get the password from chrony.keys and
only ask the user for a password if it fails.
-- 
John Hasler 
jhasler@xxxxxxxxxxx
Elmwood, WI USA

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