Usenet readers/binary downloaders for linux

[JD Austin]

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many things, and I have succeeded fair...

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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