Re: Novice Setup Guide

From: a (a_at_b.com)
Date: 04/06/04

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    Thanks Nico. Very useful sources.

    MM
    "Nico Kadel-Garcia" <nkadel@comcast.net> wrote in message
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    >
    > "a" <a@b.com> wrote in message news:Wbkcc.75097$gA5.898992@attbi_s03...
    > > Hello,
    > >
    > > Is there a guide to SSH for a first time user?
    > >
    > > I am trying to setup access to my home folder to one particular
    authorized
    > > user. This user will have privileges to run FTP and HTTP downloads to my
    > > machine.
    > >
    > > I am running SuSE 8.1 with KDE and Gnome installed.
    > >
    > > Is there an easy to use client to setup the required access rights on my
    > > machine? Anyone has a ... for dummies way to do this?
    > >
    > > Thanks in advance,
    > >
    > > MM
    >
    > Yes, Richard Silverman wrote an excellent book with O'Reilly Associates
    that
    > should answer all your questions about SSH. There's also a Linux Security
    > Cookbook from the same company that's pretty good, and may be more useful
    to
    > you.
    >
    > You may also consider using WebDAV over SSL instead of SSH: it's easier to
    > set up to restrict the user to a single directory, and support for is
    built
    > into Windows, Linux, and is available for MacOS.
    >
    >

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