[Dxspider-support] Password

[Dirk Koopman]

On Mon, 2002-12-23 at 14:07, Ian Morrison wrote:
> Hi Colin,
>  
> I am replying direct as for some reason I am not allowed to post to
> the reflector directly. My messages must be 'processed' by the
> moderator..

That is because you are not subscribed to the mailing list with the
email address that you sent this message from. As Moderator, I am only
to happy not to have to process your messages...

>  
> Winclient.pl.... 'ah! The remote machine uses it but my machine cannot
> as XP doesn't like it. Thanks for the advice. I will try your
> suggestions and let you know how it all plays out. The two machines
> talk to each other over an ax25 rf link quite well. It's just setting
> up the remote sysop that's causing me problems. 

winclient.pl is probably obsolete, it appears only to work on win9x
platforms. Don't really know how to sort this as this is a perl problem,
not a spider one as such.

In answer to your basic problem (being sysop on an ax25 remote) is:

1. don't do it, it isn't secure (actually nothing is, but this is
particularly insecure).

2. If you insist then do a set/password <sysop callsign> <long string>
where the <long string> is at least 80-100 characters long no including
spaces - make sure you write it down or copy and paste it somewhere
safe.

3. login remotely and issue the 'sysop' command, you will get 5 numbers
back. Enter the appropriate letters from the password string in (2)
above (not including spaces) (see help sysop for more instructions).

Dirk G1TLH

>  
> Time to take a Christmas break, so....  
>  A very Merry Christmas to you and yours,
>  
> Ian
>         ----- Original Message ----- 
>         From: Colin Harris
>         To: Spider Support
>         Sent: December 23, 2002 5:15 AM
>         Subject: Re: [Dxspider-support] Password
>         
>         Hi Ian,
>          
>         I would have replied directly to you but there's no info on
>         your own address.
>          
>                      OK. Now we know it's an ax25 config problem then.
>         I haven't studied any windows setup. I have to assume you run
>         an ax25 node within the XP setup and also Spider.
>          
>         According to my admin manual the program is Winclient.pl but
>         unless the windows side has been expanded in later issues of
>         Admin manual , there's not enough info as to how to set up
>         winclient.pl. I will have to assume it is the same as
>         client.pl as used under Linux ( as I run Spider under RedHat
>         ).
>          
>         To call the client prog the line for loggin in with an ssid is
>         like this :- ( The following is part of ax25D which is a linux
>         device. )
>          
>         default * * * * * * - sysop /spider/src/client client %s ax25
>          
>         Alternatively :-
>          
>         default  * * * * * * - sysop /spider/src/client client
>         ve3iem-3 ax25
>          
>         which gives specific details regarding the call you asre
>         logging in with for remote sysop'ing. Alternative measures
>         should also be included for all other people connecting so
>         that ssid's are stripped off for them.
>          
>         You need to look at your connection initiator where the
>         winclient command is contained. In that setup line it needs to
>         reflect similar instructions to those above ( with adjustments
>         for directory structure and to winclient not client. ). One
>         other thing I note in my older detail on windows install is
>         reference to AGWconnect.pm. Assuming you run AGW , you need to
>         delve into AGWConnect.pm and the way you have AGW setup.
>         My best guess would be the Winclient.pl.  Also ensure you did
>         run perl create_sysop.pl to create the basic sysop with the
>         call you entered into DXVars.pm. I suspect that is OK as the
>         cluster probably wouldn't run without that info.
>          
>         At this point , it would help to have some input from windows
>         users as I can't offer much more using such systems.
>          
>         - Regards Colin
>          
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