From ryandav@u.washington.edu Thu Apr 22 14:40:30 1999 Received: from jason02.u.washington.edu (root@jason02.u.washington.edu [140.142.76.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with ESMTP id OAA65636 for ; Thu, 22 Apr 1999 14:40:29 -0700 Received: from dante29.u.washington.edu (ryandav@dante29.u.washington.edu [140.142.15.103]) by jason02.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with ESMTP id OAA24650 for ; Thu, 22 Apr 1999 14:40:29 -0700 Received: from localhost (ryandav@localhost) by dante29.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with ESMTP id OAA28982 for ; Thu, 22 Apr 1999 14:40:28 -0700 Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 14:40:27 -0700 (PDT) From: "R. David Whitlock" To: UW Linux Group Subject: Re: Linux as an X terminal In-Reply-To: <001401be8d04$7c645b90$4126d080@fred.sanlorenzo> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Uhh, forgot I mentioned that. And come to the next meeting. Maybe you will learn many such things. But no guarantees. And I was never here... Later, David On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, Jeffrey J. Kyllo wrote: > Actually, umm. Where is the FAQ? I wasn't aware that this group had one. > In the future, I'll check that first. Thanks for the help from all of you > though. > > -Jeff > > > >Definitely something to add to our RPM and FAQ for connectivity. "Where > >can I get access to encryption sofware to secure my connection, and why > >should I get it?". > > > >Later, > > David > > > > > >On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, Christopher Twigg wrote: > > > >> There are RPMs at ftp.replay.com if that's what you're looking for. > >> > >> (I'm getting a profound sense of deja vu here...) > >> > >> Christopher Twigg > >> cdtwigg@u.washington.edu > >> > >> On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, C. Hunter wrote: > >> > >> > > >> > SSH is developed outside of the US, because of export cryptography laws > I > >> > believe. http://www.ssh.fi/sshprotocols2/download.html has a list of > >> > worldwide mirrors for the program. > >> > > >> > -Chris > >> > > >> > On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, Jeffrey J. Kyllo wrote: > >> > > >> > > I seem to have run into a problem. Should I be running ssh locally > or on > >> > > the UA machine? If locally, then there's the problem. I didn't > install it > >> > > when I installed Linux and a friend of mine is borrowing my CD's. > So, where > >> > > can I download it? I tried looking in the UNC archives but they > don't seem > >> > > to be organized very well. Any ideas? As far as versions go, I'm > running > >> > > RedHat 5.2 with the 2.0.36 kernel. > >> > > > >> > > -----Original Message----- > >> > > From: Dave Dittrich > >> > > To: UW Linux Group > >> > > Date: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 13:58 > >> > > Subject: Re: Linux as an X terminal > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >On Fri, 16 Apr 1999, R. David Whitlock wrote: > >> > > > > >> > > >> Variation on this I hadn't ever tried: can we still XDM login to > the UAC > >> > > >> machines (locally of course) ? I can't think of a great reason to > do so, > >> > > >> but.... > >> > > > > >> > > >Part of the problem may be that you are trying to use "setup xlab", > >> > > >which is *not* a general XDM replacement. It is very specific to > the > >> > > >C&C X Terminal Labs, using NCD X terminals (booted with our server > code, > >> > > >using XDM like capabilities of a central C&C system). > >> > > > > >> > > >As for XDM on UA systems, C&C has never supported this. One major > >> > > >reason is you are sharing that system with thosands of other users, > and > >> > > >running multiple X clients under XDM is not very memory friendly. > >> > > > > >> > > >I suggest using "ssh" as Mike Hornung explained, for greatest ease, > >> > > >greatest security, least impact on shared systems. > >> > > > > >> > > >-- > >> > > >Dave Dittrich Client Services > >> > > >dittrich@cac.washington.edu Computing & Communications > >> > > > University of Washington > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > >Dave Dittrich / dittrich@cac.washington.edu [PGP Key] > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > > > > > .