Perhaps replying to my own post may not be the best of ideas, but here
goes...
On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 07:07:05PM +0100, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote:
> Since I set up a Debian/GNU Linux box for a couple of friends, I find
> myself having to administer it remotely. Which is OK, as I did install
> ssh o
On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 07:07:05PM +0100, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote:
> Since I set up a Debian/GNU Linux box for a couple of friends, I find
> myself having to administer it remotely. Which is OK, as I did install
> ssh on it.
>
> But the box is only connected to the internet via a pay-as-you-go
> d
We had a headless server on the other side of the world that connected
intermittently with a dynamic IP over a 28.8 dialup line. It would
email me its IP address when it connected; at that point I had five
minutes to ssh into that IP address and stop it from disconnecting,
and do whatever admin wo
* Paul Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020529 20:10]:
> On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 06:38:22PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
>
> > Why not just get your friend to execute the script/attachment
> > that you email to him? That's the most secure method.
>
> Problem with that is it introduces one more point
On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 06:38:22PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> Why not just get your friend to execute the script/attachment
> that you email to him? That's the most secure method.
Problem with that is it introduces one more point of PEBKAC error,
which often isn't easy to detect. And you are
On Wed, 2002-05-29 at 16:52, dman wrote:
> On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 07:07:05PM +0100, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote:
>
> ...
> | So, this weird scheme occured to me: It is possible to do *some* of the
> | admin via email?
>
Why not just get your friend to execute the script/attachment
that you email t
On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 07:07:05PM +0100, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote:
...
| So, this weird scheme occured to me: It is possible to do *some* of the
| admin via email?
Sure, as long as the commands don't require user interaction. All you
need is to devise a way to get the commands to the system. Yo
On Wed, 2002-05-29 at 13:17, Roach, Mark R. wrote:
> On Wed, 2002-05-29 at 13:07, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote:
>
> sh `lynx -source http://somesite/shellscript.sh`
>
> you could of course also put some encryption and authentication as well
> and do something like
>
> sh `lynx -auth username:pass -so
On Wed, 2002-05-29 at 13:07, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote:
> Since I set up a Debian/GNU Linux box for a couple of friends, I find
> myself having to administer it remotely. Which is OK, as I did install
> ssh on it.
>
> But the box is only connected to the internet via a pay-as-you-go
> dial-up connec
There was just an article in _SysAdmin_ magazine about almost exactly what
you're asking for. The author used it to e-mail commands through a
firewall, but it would be easily adapted.
--
Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperr
Since I set up a Debian/GNU Linux box for a couple of friends, I find
myself having to administer it remotely. Which is OK, as I did install
ssh on it.
But the box is only connected to the internet via a pay-as-you-go
dial-up connection. And: I only want them to be connected to the
internet when *
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