General Linux

Can ssh be used to display a whole desktop?
Hi All, I love ssh's "-X" option that allows me to remotely run a particular app.. If I wanted to display my entire desktop, in a single window, in the style of VNC, is there a way for ssh to do this? Many thanks, -T ... 24 Jun 2010 14:07

SSH Key generation question
On 2010-06-19, Todd <todd(a)invalid.com> wrote: Some newbie questions: Please keep in mind that not everyone has read your previous posts, so you should provide background for what you're trying to do. I am going to guess that you are trying to give some remote user ssh access to your server, and you don't n... 22 Jun 2010 10:27

Replace string without sed/regex
Hi, What are the recommended tool for string replacement in a file without using sed? Since I don't want to take care about regex/escape issues - since all my search/replace are just basic substitution. ... 19 Jun 2010 14:33

I don't get ssh.. more secure? Making better passwords.
On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 10:29:25 +0000, unruh wrote: On 2010-06-17, David Brown <david(a)westcontrol.removethisbit.com> wrote: On 17/06/2010 11:12, Todd wrote: Hi All, With this command: ssh -l todd -X 192.168.255.14 /usr/bin/VirtualBox I can run VirtualBox console on another compu... 23 Jun 2010 17:17

/dev/sdb1 partition not created
Hello, I have a strange issue and I have it on two unrelated systems. One system has been working fine for over a year. (Debian 4.1.1-21) but after a power failure started misbehaving The other is a new system installed a few days ago. (Mandriva 2010.0 x86_64) Some sata disks connected to the system do not ge... 22 Jun 2010 19:21

Tar to another computer follow up: The semaphore timeout periodhas expired
On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 01:53:45 -0700, Todd wrote: So I have to retype everything I mess up, which is about two out of three command lines. Because of the shell. If it is Bourne shell then there is absolutely no command line history with editing. If it is CSH then there is command line editing but not of t... 17 Jun 2010 22:16

I do not get ssh. Why is it more secure?
Todd writes: Hi All, With this command: ssh -l todd -X 192.168.255.14 /usr/bin/VirtualBox I can run VirtualBox console on another computer with X11. All I get is asked for my password. I don't get it. How is this any more secure that plain old telnet? Run tcpdump on anot... 17 Jun 2010 21:11

I do not get ssh. Why is it more secure?
Hi All, With this command: ssh -l todd -X 192.168.255.14 /usr/bin/VirtualBox I can run VirtualBox console on another computer with X11. All I get is asked for my password. I don't get it. How is this any more secure that plain old telnet? Both are just a user name and password. You could hack it ... 19 Jun 2010 16:44

How to convert TrueType fonts to bitmapped fonts in Ubuntu
I need to convert some Microsoft TTF TrueType fonts to bitmapped fonts, to generate several fonts of differing size. I had some success with utility ttf2bdf from Freetype1 library. (and subsequent use of bdftopcf). However, ttf2bdf is buggy and cannot convert, say, COUR.ttf (Corier New font). It chokes on it... 18 Jun 2010 01:32

Discussion: Login portal through linux to get internet and print
Have you tried chillispot? Description: Wireless LAN Access Point Controller ChilliSpot is an open source captive portal or wireless LAN access point controller. It supports web based login which is today's standard for public HotSpots and it supports Wireless Protected Access (WPA) which ... 17 Jun 2010 00:17