[KLUG Members] Adding a Laptop To My Network

[Adam Tauno Williams]

>>They are GREAT!  I use them all the time.
>I agree 100%

Me too!  (although still in theory)

>>There is a little setup involved, like creating public & private
>>DSA/RSA keys, and adding the public keys to the remote computers,
>>but nothing too difficult.  (after you've done it a few times :)
>Secpanel will generate keys for you! You can even have it "install" the
>keys onto the remote computer, but it's not complete. Although you tell
>secpanel when you initially set it up that it is going to use Openssh, it does
>not automatically insert your public key into the ~/.ssh/authorized_keys(2)
>file.
><shameless plug time>
>Fortunately my presentation on SSH (The Secure Shell / Tuesday July 24,2001
>@ 7pm and a klug meeting near you!)addresses this! <G>
></shameless plug time>

You KLUG presenters ROCK!  I can't believe more people don't avail
themselves of the opportunity to wow an audience with their brilliance
and make a name for themselves in the Open Source community.

>I did notice you have to change the global configuration if you want dsa
>keys generated. It would be nive if he had a button you could click to tell it
>what type of key to generate.

I think I'll just kick back and watch the presentation,  so I can escape
having to think for once (hey,  its nice to be a user once in awhile).