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Grex > Coop > #284: Grex Town Hall -- How do we move forward? - Fall, 2010 |  |
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kentn
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response 317 of 334:
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Dec 15 21:17 UTC 2010 |
What sort of commands are you missing on the web here?
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jgelinas
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response 318 of 334:
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Dec 15 21:32 UTC 2010 |
Updating text files, like the one that contains the history of board
membership.
And if I could use svn or the like, I would have command-line access to
grex, and so wouldn't need them.
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kentn
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response 319 of 334:
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Dec 16 00:27 UTC 2010 |
As I recall, your situation is not the easiest to fix, though if we had
a java-based SSH client on the Grex web page, you'd probably be pretty
close (though I'm still not sure if that would meet your requirements).
I suppose we could put in a web-based svn clent, too, for that matter.
If it would work to edit files, it'd be okay, again, though I'm not sure
that any allow that without downloading a file to your local machine.
The ones I've seen just let you browse/view. If you had a secure
command line, though, you could just use svn that way.
Sounds like we might need a staff site that has the tools needed for
this kind work (or an area of our main site that is only open to staff).
This would be handy for staff who don't have their own computer handy,
as long as they can find a web-browser. ...just some ideas.
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veek
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response 320 of 334:
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Dec 16 02:26 UTC 2010 |
arbornet has a java client.. you could bunny-hop??
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kentn
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response 321 of 334:
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Dec 16 02:48 UTC 2010 |
Yeah, I was just thinking the same thing.
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kentn
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response 322 of 334:
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Dec 16 02:56 UTC 2010 |
Yup, hopping worked for me.
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cross
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response 323 of 334:
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Dec 16 10:02 UTC 2010 |
The mindterm client is installed on Grex.
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veek
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response 324 of 334:
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Dec 16 12:33 UTC 2010 |
patch please ~veek/latest.diff [ i hope it works ]
I stripped the $Id stuff out; couldn't create my own private repo to
fool around with and verify for sure.. need more time to do that.
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kentn
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response 325 of 334:
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Dec 16 13:33 UTC 2010 |
http://grex.org/mindterm/applet.html works, with some license accepting,
to give a commandline on grex. There are quite a few options for this
terminal, too.
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tsty
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response 326 of 334:
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Dec 18 07:51 UTC 2010 |
re 325 .. retty neat but tehereare is a starnge situation.
somehow, 'it' deciceded who i was --- in advance!
and it was wroing
also it capitalized the first letter of the loginid , which of cours is not
correct. i was able to change the logoind to muself and login though.
yeh, the licensing/security cert (whatever) needs to be 'accepted' but that;s
not biggie.
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kentn
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response 327 of 334:
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Dec 18 15:28 UTC 2010 |
So, basicaly, it works just fine and all these gripes are minor. I
don't see where most people would be confused at all.
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veek
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response 328 of 334:
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Dec 19 04:03 UTC 2010 |
could someone try that patch? ~veek/latest.diff
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cross
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response 329 of 334:
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Dec 19 04:17 UTC 2010 |
resp:326 What kind of computer are you using at home? It probably picked
up your login ID from that.
resp:328 I'm not going to do that while I'm in India. Sorry.
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cross
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response 330 of 334:
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Dec 19 04:21 UTC 2010 |
(Though someone else can if they like. Updating web pages is fairly easy;
sync your web client,
1. cd <wherever>/grex/web/htdocs
2. svn update
3. patch --posix < ~veek/latest.diff
[Make sure nothing gets rejected]
4. svn status | awk '{print $2}' | xargs xmlwf
5. [look at the changes to make sure they are okay]
6. svn commit
7. ../tools/syncweb
And that's it.)
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kentn
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response 331 of 334:
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Dec 19 05:20 UTC 2010 |
Thanks for the list of things that need to be done to make it work, Dan.
As for the Mindterm, yes, it picks up your userid from your computer
where you're running the term. It's not a big deal.
It actually is a pretty decent terminal with a lot of options. We
should consider putting it on the web page where more people can try
it out (hopefully without all the licensing questions).
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yecril71pl
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response 332 of 334:
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Dec 21 21:54 UTC 2010 |
How about S/MIME validation? Like the new user is considered valid when they
can sign a message to Grex?
FTR, my primary purpose here is shell, especially emacs, not BBS. I do have
a regular shell account at my alma mater but they require SSH whereas Grex
still accepts telnet, which is a great thing when all you have is some random
M$ crapware. (Yes, I know what putty is, so save yourself that explanation.)
The rules against fiddling with open source projects are a little upsetting,
but it is still a great place to test your raw ideas :-)
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kentn
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response 333 of 334:
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Jan 7 00:19 UTC 2011 |
Note that telnet access at Grex is in deprecated status and may go away
at any moment if staff feel the time is right. SSH is the preferred way
to connect to Grex if you want terminal access.
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keesan
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response 334 of 334:
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Jan 7 03:48 UTC 2011 |
If telnet goes away I will have to telnet some place else from the library
to ssh to grex.
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