How do I find my local sub-net, to broadcast NTP

2008-06-20 Thread Nathaniel Homier
I am trying to get NTP to broadcast the time on my local subnet. I have the ntp.conf uncommented in the proper place. I put 192.168.1.255 as my sub-net but I am not sure. I have a cable modem>Linksys 4 port router>my computer. My computer's IP address is 192.168.1.100 and my router is 192.1

Re: How do I find my local sub-net, to broadcast NTP

2008-06-20 Thread Nathaniel Homier
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to get NTP to broadcast the time on my local subnet. I have the ntp.conf uncommented in the proper place. I put 192.168.1.255 as my sub-net but I am not sure. I have a cable modem>Linksys 4 port router>my computer. My computer's IP address is 192.168.1.100

Re: CUPS and Device Permissions

2008-06-25 Thread Nathaniel Homier
Jamie Thompson wrote: Hey. I've been trying to get the printer working on my parent's PC, which is now actually using their Debian install now that their XP install has died and I'm in no hurry to reinstall it. ;) Interesting issue though, namely, the printer device and cups. Basically, I h

Re: CUPS and Device Permissions

2008-06-29 Thread Nathaniel Homier
Jamie Thompson wrote: Nathaniel Homier wrote: Is the printer known to work in Debian? Not directly, but it's a Canon IP4200, which has Linux drivers (abet RPMs which I've found repackaged (old) by a kind Japanese fellow, though I'm just using the Canon RPMs and alien for

Will Lenny stable have gnome-panel 2.22 or 2.20

2008-07-24 Thread Nathaniel Homier
Gnome-panel, will it be 2.22 or 2.20 when Lenny is released. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

First time ssh user needs help, getting authentication failures

2008-04-24 Thread Nathaniel Homier
So I aptitude ssh and set it up according to this document: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch-sec-services.en.html#s5.1 I get authentication failures. I am using Etch completely updated on my home computer and was using the Ubuntu 8.04 live CD at my mothers house. co

Re: First time ssh user needs help, getting authentication failures

2008-04-25 Thread Nathaniel Homier
Rafael Fontenelle wrote: 2008/4/25, Nathaniel Homier <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>: So I aptitude ssh and set it up according to this document: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch-sec-services.en.html#s5.1 I get authentication

Where do you run ssh-keygen, server or client.

2008-06-09 Thread Nathaniel Homier
I have 1 desktop computer (we will call it son) and it runs a ssh server. When I visit my mothers house I would like to be able to access (son) from my mothers computer (we will call it mom). I have setup the ssh server on (son) to use key based authentication. Now the question is, do I run

Re: Where do you run ssh-keygen, server or client.

2008-06-09 Thread Nathaniel Homier
Alan Chandler wrote: Jochen Schulz wrote: Nathaniel Homier: I have 1 desktop computer (we will call it son) and it runs a ssh server. When I visit my mothers house I would like to be able to access (son) from my mothers computer (we will call it mom). I have setup the ssh server on (son) to

Re: Where do you run ssh-keygen, server or client.

2008-06-09 Thread Nathaniel Homier
H.S. wrote: Nathaniel Homier wrote: I have 1 desktop computer (we will call it son) and it runs a ssh server. When I visit my mothers house I would like to be able to access (son) from my mothers computer (we will call it mom). I have setup the Here is what I do (I use this method to

Re: Where do you run ssh-keygen, server or client.

2008-06-10 Thread Nathaniel Homier
Sudev Barar wrote: 2008/6/10 Nathaniel Homier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: The nicknames are a good idea. I can pretend that I am on the Nostromo when I am using mother. :) ;-) It would be good idea to re-jig configuration file at son to allow only key based authentication. This way even ssh

Re: Where do you run ssh-keygen, server or client.

2008-06-10 Thread Nathaniel Homier
Sudev Barar wrote: 2008/6/10 Nathaniel Homier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Yep, I got my key based auth working great now. I also took the time to disable all other auth. Did "/etc/init.d/ssh restart" and checked again and all is well. I carry my public and private key on my thu

SSH private keys, dangerous to carry around or not. Was Re: Where do you run ssh-keygen

2008-06-10 Thread Nathaniel Homier
Sudev Barar wrote: 2008/6/10 Nathaniel Homier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: all is well. I carry my public and private key on my thumb drive and the private key is protected with a passphrase. Whoops .. do not carry your private key around. No. Keep it somewhere only you can access and rsik of l

Re: Where do you run ssh-keygen, server or client.

2008-06-10 Thread Nathaniel Homier
Tzafrir Cohen wrote: On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 02:00:49AM -0600, Nathaniel Homier wrote: I have the private key backed up on a desktop computer. The pass phrase was generated with a high quality pseudo-random number generator using 20 characters consisting of letters, numbers and symbols. The

Re: SSH private keys, dangerous to carry around or not. Was Re: Where do you run ssh-keygen

2008-06-10 Thread Nathaniel Homier
Jochen Schulz wrote: Nathaniel Homier: Sudev Barar wrote: Yes, but if you are carrying private key in your pen drive and you loose it or some one copies it your total security is compromised howsoever strong encryption algorithm was used to generate the key pair. I was under the impression

Re: SSH private keys, dangerous to carry around or not. Was Re: Where do you run ssh-keygen

2008-06-10 Thread Nathaniel Homier
Tzafrir Cohen wrote: On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 11:30:40AM +0200, Jochen Schulz wrote: Nathaniel Homier: Sudev Barar wrote: Yes, but if you are carrying private key in your pen drive and you loose it or some one copies it your total security is compromised howsoever strong encryption algorithm

Re: SSH private keys, dangerous to carry around or not. Was Re: Where do you run ssh-keygen

2008-06-10 Thread Nathaniel Homier
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tzafrir Cohen wrote: On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 11:30:40AM +0200, Jochen Schulz wrote: Nathaniel Homier: Sudev Barar wrote: Yes, but if you are carrying private key in your pen drive and you loose it or some one copies it your total security is compromised howsoever

.torrent clients sugestions

2005-07-11 Thread Nathaniel Homier
Hi, I used to use Azureus on Windows and liked it allot. Of course I use Debian now and would like to set up a .torrent client. However I no longer have any desire to use Java hence Azureus is out of the question. Does anybody know of an replacement that is as good as Azureus. I have some t

torrent port trigerring

2005-07-11 Thread Nathaniel Homier
I have decided to use both qtorrent and bittornado. What ports do you use for port triggering. I am thinking that the out going is different from 6881-6999. Also can torrent work while still being stealthed meaning no icmp ping or otherwise. I would like to know if I need to be pingable. I

torrent port trigering, I figured it out never mind

2005-07-11 Thread Nathaniel Homier
I managed to educate myself on how to port trigger on my Linksys router and make it work with bittornado. So please ignore my earlier question about port triggering and the ports that bittornado & qtorrent use I found them. Thanks any way. Lesson learned, try educating yourself first before

Codecs locations in filesysten

2005-07-12 Thread Nathaniel Homier
Hi, I am trying to install the mplayer codecs all package and the readme says to install them to these locations. However I can not find these directories on my system. I have 3.1r0 with the desktop package. Does Debian create these directories by default or do I have to create them myself t