[SAC] Backup of access file ?

Sandro Santilli strk at kbt.io
Mon Oct 16 03:26:26 PDT 2017


On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 06:09:51AM -0400, Regina Obe wrote:
> Depends where these plain text backups are kept.  If the backups are on a system only accessible to SAC admins, seems fine to be clear text.
> If accessbile by many then backing up with master password, or just having  sys admins do a manual backup seems sufficient.
> 
> I imagine the file doesn't change all that often.
> How does this change with your new password directory plan?  I assume it would just be a folder instead of a single file.

Folder instead of single file allows for more fine-grained
permissions, so that someone may be given access to the
password of one service but not of another.

When it comes to backup I guess those permissions flatten
down (ie: whoever can access backups can read all files).

--strk;


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