Is ThunderBird not sufficient?
I'm not sure what you mean by "binary downloaders".
Blake 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@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@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@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@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>>> [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@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@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@A
>>>
>>> Tell Server B to Accept the key
>>> 1. Create a directory ~/.ssh as user b on B
>>> a@A:~> ssh b@B mkdir -p .ssh
>>> b@B's password::
>>> 2. Append a's new public key to b@B:.ssh/authorized_keys
>>> a@A:~> cat .ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh b@B 'cat >> .ssh/authorized_keys'
>>> b@B's password::
>>> 3. Change permissions for b's authorized_keys file
>>> a@A:~> ssh b@B chmod 0600 .ssh/authorized_keys
>>> b@B's password::
>>> Done
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>>> [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of
>>> kitepilot@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@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...
--
-Eric 'shubes'
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