Tag: SSH

Setting up Rsync daemon

What can you do when you want to backup your entire machine to a remote location but only have non-root shell access? You use rsyncd. Read More »
By halfgaar, 1 year ago, on July 15, 2009, at 16:07 | No comments

GNU Screen within Screen within [...]

GNU Screen is great. So great that I find myself always using it. (Pressing the Window key and T launches an XTerm with a new Screen ready on my system, while I have to add Shift if I don't want the screen.) This means that when I login into a some other machine through SSH—an occasion for which Screen is particularly useful—I will often end up with nested screens. So which Screen will receive my Ctrl+a presses? Read More »
By Rowan Rodrik, 2 years ago, on January 11, 2009, at 21:01 | 2 comments

Disabling SSH shell access for SVN users on a Linux/Unix system

A common problem is that Linux/Unix system administrators want to grant users access to SVN repositories, but prevent them from logging in on the shell. This can be accomplished quite easily. Read More »
By halfgaar, 2 years ago, on August 04, 2008, at 16:08 | No comments

Remote pair programming with GNU Screen

I like pair programming. So much, in fact, that I want to do it even if I can't look over the other person's shoulder due to some geographical offset. Since I'm a real command-line freak, I can get what I want easily by using GNU Screen. Read More »
By Rowan Rodrik, 2 years ago, on July 23, 2008, at 18:07 | 3 comments

Using an outgoing SSH tunnel from behind a NAT for incoming VNC

Laurelin is working as an Au Pair for a Greek family in—where else than Greece. Her hostess has arranged for an Internet connection through Vivodi Telecom to allow Laurelin to maintain some form of contact with her friends and family at home. Read More »
By Rowan Rodrik, 4 years ago, on February 17, 2007, at 23:02 | No comments