Thanks Geoff; unfortunately none of those sites explains how to generate Key Pairs - or what to do with them. I've found sites that purport to explain it; but not simply by any means!
-- Neil "Geoff B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 1/4/06, Neil Cameron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK. Thanks for all the help so far; I've now entered the world of OpenSSH > and I am now totally lost and somewhat nervous. I have installed OpenSSH > and generated the Group and Password files - but am not able to understand > the key pair generation 'instructions'. > Also, do I need a client SSH tunnelling program if I am using Softsqueeze > to > connect and play? > Any really simple source of instructions about how to do this for Noddy's > like moi?! Hi Neil, Good for you - sounds like you've made a pretty good start. The easy question first: technically, you don't need to use a SSH client if you're using SoftSqueeze, since it includes a built-in SSH client. BUT, I would recommend the one I mentioned before (Tunnelier), for two reasons: it makes it easier to diagnose connection problems, and it includes some nice utilities (graphical SFTP for file transfers, auto-launch of remote desktop, remote command line). You can't beat the price, either. The other part of your question is more difficult, mainly becuase I went through this process a while back and had to do a bit of reading to work it out - I can't remember the exact steps. Richard's SoftSqueeze page: http://softsqueeze.sourceforge.net/ssh.html points to a useful SSH howto: http://www.vbmysql.com/articles/ssh-tunnel-part2.html#part4 I'm pretty sure I just followed through the steps in the second link, above, and it worked ok. I then did a bit of digging to find how to change the default port (22) to something higher and more random. Hope that helps, Geoff B _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
