Usenet readers/binary downloaders for linux

[Blake]

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.
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>Robert Benchley  - "I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great
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>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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