Also you might compare the costs of the DIY box vs. customizing one that maybe you can get online pre-built. When I was trying to build boxes a year ago, I was unable to get the parts for the prices that some boxes come premade. I once saw a guy spend $1200 on a desktop, buying all high end parts individually. Wish I had his buck's; I'd've bought a decent laptop with the money! Marc On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 08:25:19 -0600, STYMA, ROBERT E (ROBERT) <stymar@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Not really what you asked but.. if the question includes the > > word hosts.allow > > the answer just has to be no... :-) set something up with ssh > > (ssh-keygen and > > then copy over the public key) - but don't ever ever ever do > > a hosts.allow - > > you might as well just remove the password from the root account > > altogether... > > > > Peter. > > > Well, ssh has tcp wrappers builtin and makes use of /etc/hosts.allow and > /etc/hosts.deny. A common use is to set hosts.deny to "ALL: ALL" Then > only the protcols and ip addresses/subnets specified in hosts.allow are > allowed in. I think you may be thinking of the .rhosts file which has > some serious issues. I tend not to use the ssh-keygen and also have root > access via ssh disabled. This way you have to use a normal user login and > password and then SU. Fortunately, X displayback still works when you do > this. The ssh-keygen does have some interesting uses. > > I appreciate all the input. I think I am going to build Tom an FC3 machine. > If it does not work out for him, I can always restage it. If he can stay > alive for 4 more days, he will be out of Iraq and about a month after that > he should be back home. > > I have been pushing Fedora on my non-tech friends as I believe it has gotten > to the point of being a useful desktop for the non-technically adept. I built > an FC1 machine for a family where AIM was the most used application. The girls > all like the Fedora machine the better than the windows boxes. Gaim works well > for them and the machine never freezes and stays online (except when the cat > managed to pull the RJ45 out of the back of the box). > > Thanks again. > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
