If you are impatient.... You could have OIT kick you out of the authentication system today!
Of course, once you are out, if the hack doesn't work, then you must wait to get your box back up :X Brian -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Allred Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 12:43 AM To: BYU Unix Users Group Subject: Re: [uug] BYU net authentication. I ran through everything here, How do i test it, just wait till monday? I would like to thank all of you who helped, I learned a lot, even if I didn't settle with a specific suggestion I have better view of what is going on ... Thanks Dave On Dec 2, 2005, at 11:00 PM, TuxGirl wrote: >> SSH to the CS computer(schizo.cs.byu.edu (if you have a CS account) >> and ssh.et.byu.edu (if you have a CAEDM account) I don't have an >> account at either but I can there is a physics Fedora machine...) >> set it up so I would change the mac address of the CS to that of the >> headless and authenticate there. >> >> which points to needing a script. > > You're making it a lot more complicated than it needs to be > > First off, if you install ruby, you can just add the ruby script i > sent you to cron, and you won't need to do anything from your mini to > make it work once it's set up > Secondly, even if you take the much more complicated methods that were > suggested to you earlier, why do you even care if your machine is > authenticated over christmas if you can't get to it? > > to give more info on the ruby solution > what you need to do: > A) install ruby > B) download that file and put it someplace > C) create a file called .byuwireless.passwd and put it in your home > directory (/home/dallred or whatever it's called...)... this file will > have the following: > username: foo > password: bar > (where you replace foo and bar with your ry username and password) > D) open the .rb file, look at the 9th line, and change it to point to > where you just put the password file > E) run crontab -e and edit the file to add the line: > 0 * * * * ruby /path/to/byuwirelss.rb > > once you have that going, it shoud go to check if it needs to > re-authenticate every hour on the hour... (if anyone notices that i > missed something, let me know) > > ~Erin > > -------------------- > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their > author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU- > UUG. > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
