* Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [071001 17:42]: > On Mon, Oct 01, 2007 at 03:58:26PM -0500, Russell L. Harris wrote: > > I am planning to run a remote machine (running Debian "testing") with > > a webcam for monitoring a remote location. > > > > I plan to use apache2 to serve images which I can view from any > > machine. > > depending on your needs, you might look at motion (its packaged for > debian). It includes a tiny little webserver that will stream images > and allow remote control of the app. I just reviewed the manpage of > motion and it includes some configurable stuff as far as ports (not > https, though) so you may be able to use ssh tunneling to make it work > securely.
I discovered motion, but I think that it is a bit too complex for this stage of the project. And I found three other webcam server HOWTOs. But I still am confused as how to get the system working. I also discovered "sftp", which may be the solution I am seeking. I wish to be certain that my desktop system is not compromised if someone steals the remote system; so if the remote system runs a script for ftp via ssh, the password or passphrase contained in the script should be exclusive to ftp. Am I making sense? RLH -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
