Re: [cobalt-users] Telnet (Was Re: InterBase)

[Bruce Timberlake <Bruce.Timberlake@xxxxxxx>]

Tim Dunn wrote:
> 
> Tom Thomas wrote,
> 
> > Bruce I cannot find in the manual how to start a shell session, perhaps I
> > should enable telnet to do so but the manual advises against that as it is
> > so insecure, is there ssh?
> 
> [OBdope-slap (surprised the more reflexive ones didn't already)]
> please don't "reply" to a message with a new topic and subject line --
> the "In-reply-to" field will reference the id of the previous message,
> and the archiving tool will post it (threaded) under the old topic.

Actually, my telling him to open a shell session was part of this thread,
and he snipped all but the relevant parts in his reply, which I think is
actually correct.  :)

> While others have had good luck with the ssh.pkg on pkgmaster.com,
> I've not.  I run a Qube3 at home, and the ssh.pkg for Qube3 seems
> to require that the CobaltOS be 6.2 *period*, not 6.2 or better.
> As I'm running 6.4, this leaves me out.

That's actually due to some undocumented changes in the Sausalito stuff
from 6.2 to 6.4, which broke the installers.  A new Developers Guide is
being finalized that discusses the changes.

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Bruce Timberlake
Sun Cobalt Technology Engineer
Sun Microsystems, Inc.

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