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Re: [Alug] SSH/SCP No Password
by MJ Ray 19 Aug '01

19 Aug '01

"D" <dsc(a)clara.net> writes: > Anyone ever got this to work? Not sat down and tried yet but a guy I was > talking to yesterday said its harder then it looks, surely you just need the > host keys etc.. and your away. I have eval $(ssh-agent) quite early in my .xsession file. This makes sure everything in my X session knows where to find the key manager. Then using ssh-add lets me add keys to it. You generate ssh keys with ssh-keygen and have to copy the right one to the target machine's $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys file. Other than that, it's fairly simple... ask questions if you want more than the manual pages say. I even have a VPN using slip over ssh, for when I need to appear to be on an internal network somewhere.

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Re: [Alug] The web site
by MJ Ray 19 Aug '01

19 Aug '01

Within 5 minutes or so of this being sent, there should be something approaching a new-look ALUG website. Start the complaints now, please. ;-)

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Re: [Alug] Next Meet
by David Freeman 19 Aug '01

19 Aug '01

On Sat, 18 Aug 2001 00:22:15 +0100 "John Woodard" wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: alug-admin(a)stu.uea.ac.uk [mailto:alug-admin@stu.uea.ac.uk]On > > Behalf Of MJ Ray > > Sent: 17 August 2001 23:04 > > To: alug(a)stu.uea.ac.uk > > Subject: Re: [Alug] Next Meet > > > > Adam Bower <abower(a)thebowery.co.uk> writes: > > > > > On Fri, 17 Aug 2001, Steve Kuo wrote: > > > > I second the idea at the UEA... [...] living on campus [...] > > > Was that you just volunteering to book the room etc. then? > > > > My thoughts exactly! Seriously: I am leaving UEA and will not be able > > to book them any more, but I may still be lurking enough to be useful > > for this meeting, so it would be an ideal time to hand over organising > > UEA meetings to someone else. > > > > Steve, are you up for this? > > If we can't book the UEA I can host at Syleham if needed. BJ, Would I be right in thinking that you live a few hundred yards from Sylham? Would I also be right in thinking you have either Home highway/ISDN/unmetered web access of some kind? If so for the next meeting we could put in a small wireless link and have a network connection for the first time at Syleham! Thanks D PS can you open the bar as well? > Cheers, > BJ > > > _______________________________________________ > alug, the Anglian Linux User Group list > Send list replies to alug(a)stu.uea.ac.uk > http://www.anglian.lug.org.uk/ http://rabbit.stu.uea.ac.uk/cgi-bin/listinfo/alug > See the website for instructions on digest or unsub! -- "Your house sounds like a fire hazard" Peter Clarke

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Re: [Alug] Highly regulalar inquiries
by MJ Ray 19 Aug '01

19 Aug '01

Adam Bower <abower(a)thebowery.co.uk> writes: > It got edited to read as follows: Mea culpa. If it wasn't marked as a quote, I mangled it and left Adam's byline on it. Mooohahahaha.... Seriously, I was sent an incomplete FAQ and so I marked it up and tried to get the English running smoothly. If I did anything too wrong, I'm sure Adam will switch it back in the next few days and I apologise profusely. Please... I've done the first few revisions of the web site and I'll try to help out in future... but it needs YOU to keep it going now.

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Re: [Alug] Next Meet
by MJ Ray 19 Aug '01

19 Aug '01

"Simon Parkes" <simon(a)sparksy.org.uk> writes: > I've lost the thread here, has the next meeting date been sorted > yet? I may be able to arrange something here at Red Lodge, [...] If you could, it would be a very welcome addition to the ALUG circuit. Steve, don't worry about the UEA venue. There should be enough people there in a couple of weeks to take care of it. Now, I think a talk or theme for the next meeting would be good...

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Re: [Alug] Lurkers (was new subscriber introductions)
by David Freeman 19 Aug '01

19 Aug '01

On Sun, 19 Aug 2001 00:25:43 +0100 (BST) Adam Bower wrote: > On Sat, 18 Aug 2001, David Freeman wrote: > > > Hello, welcome, from your cam.ac.uk address I am assuming you are from > > Cambridge Uni. > > Blimey David, that was an amazing bit of detective work ;-) Well after your detective work recently it pails into insignificaince :o) > > > A long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away I was a Field > > > Archaeologist, and have been responsible for introducing 22 tonne > tracked > > > excavators to some of Britain's less interesting Scheduled Ancient > > > monuments. > > > > I'm not going to ask. > > I would like to know the details, sounds like the Eddie Izard method of > archaeology! More like blitzkriege archaeology, I have images of a large JCB dumping a bucket load of soil onto the small sivve and covering that increadibly gorgeous red head archeaology student that is always present at various digs. > > Perhaps you can lend advice to a poor student who has be accused of > being > > a wireless network expert and given the task of connecting a field > > somewhere in the bottom left hand corner of belguim a network connection > > for a week so a large quantity of geeks in various states of soberness > > can connect to the web! bugger! > > Heh, you don't have to worry about this David, all you have to do is get > the wireless LAN to talk to the other bit, I can do all the Masquerade for > the campsite and the networky bits and get all the DNS working etc. > etc..... that (in answer to your question from irc last week) is what > sys-admins are for and what sys-admins do! I can tell you don't know much about radio. It is a black art I haven't mastered completely, it is not unknown to sit with a signal stoping 10' short of where you want to be whilst 1000' away you get a brilliant signal! Reminds me of a friend who was involved in york uni radio and they got a call from dubia as the signal had bounced off the ionisphere and was crystal clear in dubai! We don't need to masq or anything as far as the IP layer is concerned all you will see is one big subnet, the wireless stuff all works at the MAC layer, which is why its so fun. The IP stuff is easy, just need a DHCP server at one end and a big hub at each end. Thanks D > Adam > -- > This message is Copyleft - all rights reversed > Adam > > > > _______________________________________________ > alug, the Anglian Linux User Group list > Send list replies to alug(a)stu.uea.ac.uk > http://www.anglian.lug.org.uk/ http://rabbit.stu.uea.ac.uk/cgi-bin/listinfo/alug > See the website for instructions on digest or unsub! -- "Your house sounds like a fire hazard" Peter Clarke

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Highly regulalar inquiries
by David Freeman 19 Aug '01

19 Aug '01

Adam and list, I noticed that with Marks website rebuild the FAQ has appeared. First impressions are that I am impressed, even if I am quoted for saying Linux is a five letter work :o) But I did notice a couple of things: 1) You say we're aren't a secret society etc... if we aren't why was it you insisted on that weird initiation ceromony for the newbies at the last meet ? :o) 2) What happened to my answer to the Will I be lynched for using question? it is a genuine question I got asked by one of our token OpenBSD users ? 3) One to add: What do you do on IRC? Not sure of the best answer for this one can anyone suggest anything better than my normal answer of "Well chat, what else?" 4) Mark: can we add a members page with Name, Email, homepage, Picture, small description etc...? Thanks D - One Week to go till the Linuxbeirwanderung! -- "Your house sounds like a fire hazard" Peter Clarke

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DOSEMU
by Steve Kuo 18 Aug '01

18 Aug '01

Anyone get Win 3.1 to run under DOSEMU yet? ===== --------------- Steve Kuo "How can we claim to be an advanced and civilized society when no other creatures on Earth develops technology to blow themselves up three times over?" ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie

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Re: [Alug] Next Meet
by MJ Ray 18 Aug '01

18 Aug '01

"John Woodard" <mail(a)johnwoodard.co.uk> writes: > If we can't book the UEA I can host at Syleham if needed. Keep going Beej... we may take you up on it yet. This would be a good (the only?) opportunity to pass UEA over smoothly, though.

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About the UEA thing
by Steve Kuo 18 Aug '01

18 Aug '01

Um, I can't book them, I'll have to ask one of my parents (they're the ones that are studying), they're also very distrustful of strangers, so don't assume it's done. When abouts will this be going on anyway? ===== --------------- Steve Kuo "How can we claim to be an advanced and civilized society when no other creatures on Earth develops technology to blow themselves up three times over?" ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie

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