On Monday 18 December 2006 23:31, Nick Rout wrote: > On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 23:03:02 +1300 > > Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Am I missing something? I can see the plugin, but I cannot seem > > > to change the password for the user to log in via the web gui? It > > > doesn't seem changeable in the ktorrent Settings/Configure thing. > > > > I did say it's beta software! > > > > just place the cursor at the end of the stars. Bang away on the > > backspace key and then bung in the new p/w. The stars don't go away > > but the old p/w does. > > > > After the second attempt the stars will be erased and the new p/w > > accepted. > > > > Yes I do know that I should write a bug report. Thanks for > > repeating my experience. > > Ahh thank you, that works. OK, kinda useful. Pretty basic interface. > > As I see it there are two reasons to have a web or console interface. > One is to have occasional control of a normally gui program, so you > can see whats happenning from the office, the pub etc. vnc through an ssh tunnel, or using the web interface from Ktorrent.
> The other is > to have a light program that doesn't even need a gui, or X or all the > paraphenalia, so you can put it in an old quiet machine in a corner. > ktorrent's web interface satisifes the first need, but not the > second. Could one not start, perhaps several instances of the bittorrent-curses version in an ssh and screen session to satisfy this one? Screen has the advantage that one can disconnect, yet keep that fact secret from the console based app. http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/ -- CS
