Usenet readers/binary downloaders for linux

[Blake]

Gotta be gui...   I've been using newsbin for giganews for quite some time and it works well, windows only though

JD Austin <jd at twingeckos.com> wrote:

>text or gui?
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>On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 6:57 PM, Blake <gnunixguy1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm looking for a good linux newsreader/ binary downloader for linux. The
>> only stipulation is that it needs to be capable of up to 20
>> threads/connections at a time.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>> --Gnunixguy
>>
>> JD Austin <jd at twingeckos.com> wrote:
>>
>> >write a script that uses expect and scp to put the file in place.
>> >--
>> >JD Austin
>> >Twin Geckos Technology Services LLC
>> >jd at twingeckos.com
>> >480.288.8195x201
>> >http://www.twingeckos.com
>> >
>> >
>> >Robert Benchley  - "I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great
>> >many things, and I have succeeded fair...
>> >
>> >On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 6:39 PM, Bob Elzer <bob.elzer at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> He has the key, but to login to every machine to copy the file, he has
>> to
>> >> type the password first.
>> >>
>> >> Which is what he is trying to avoid.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>> >> [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of
>> Bryan
>> >> O'Neal
>> >> Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 6:15 PM
>> >> To: 'Main PLUG discussion list'
>> >> Subject: RE: To have a program to "type" a username/passwordfor me. How?
>> >>
>> >> If SSH without passwords is what your after why not use key based
>> >> authentication?  Setting up keys is painfully simple.
>> >>
>> >> Public key encryption
>> >> Generating keys for server A (the one with the data to be synced)
>> >>
>> >> a at A:~> ssh-keygen -t rsa
>> >>        Enter file in which to save the key (/home/a/.ssh/id_rsa):
>> >>        Created directory '/home/a/.ssh'.
>> >>        Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
>> >>        Enter same passphrase again:
>> >>        Your identification has been saved in /home/a/.ssh/id_rsa.
>> >>        Your public key has been saved in /home/a/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
>> >>        The key fingerprint is:
>> >>        3e:4f:05:79:3a:9f:96:7c:3b:ad:e9:58:37:bc:37:e4 a at A
>> >>
>> >> Tell Server B to Accept the key
>> >> 1. Create a directory ~/.ssh as user b on B
>> >>        a at A:~> ssh b at B mkdir -p .ssh
>> >>        b at B's password::
>> >> 2. Append a's new public key to b at B:.ssh/authorized_keys
>> >>        a at A:~> cat .ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh b at B 'cat >>
>> .ssh/authorized_keys'
>> >>        b at B's password::
>> >> 3. Change permissions for b's authorized_keys file
>> >>        a at A:~> ssh b at B chmod 0600 .ssh/authorized_keys
>> >>        b at B's password::
>> >> Done
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>> >> [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of
>> >> kitepilot at kitepilot.com
>> >> Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 5:30 PM
>> >> To: Main PLUG discussion list
>> >> Subject: Re: To have a program to "type" a username/passwordfor me. How?
>> >>
>> >> Ah well...
>> >> So much for skipping the research:
>> >> http://bash.cyberciti.biz/security/expect-ssh-login-script/
>> >>
>> >> Darn it...
>> >> ET
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> kitepilot at kitepilot.com writes:
>> >>
>> >> > To have a program to "type" a password for me. How?
>> >> > Hello widespread wisdom...
>> >> >
>> >> > I want to propagate public keys to several dozens of puters so I can
>> >> > login passwordless.
>> >> >
>> >> > I am not looking forward to typing (or cut'n pasting) a password a
>> >> > gazillion times.  They all have the same username/password
>> combination.
>> >> >
>> >> > I know that expect can be used to "type" a password (or to fool passwd
>> >> > to change a password without manual intervention), but I don't know
>> how.
>> >> >
>> >> > What I want is ti fire a loop to copy my keys to all the machines and
>> >> > to have the program to "type" the username and the password to free me
>> >> > up from the dull stuff.
>> >> >
>> >> > This *HAS* to be possible, does anybody know how?
>> >> > Thanks!   :)
>> >> > ET
>> >> >
>> >> > PS: No, I haven't researched this, this question is the beginning of
>> >> > my research...
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