From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 19 13:04:08 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E7F716A4D5 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 13:04:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (fw.farid-hajji.net [213.146.115.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9DAB43FAF for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 13:04:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fw.farid-hajji.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hAJL33pd028891; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 22:03:03 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 22:03:03 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <200311192103.hAJL33pd028891@fw.farid-hajji.net> From: "Cordula's Web" To: FELTIRC@dshs.wa.gov In-reply-to: <496C6CA6ABA8DD4AB652EA39C9E5540D2938B8@dshs-exch1> (FELTIRC@dshs.wa.gov) X-Mailer: Emacs-21.3.1/FreeBSD-4.9-STABLE References: <496C6CA6ABA8DD4AB652EA39C9E5540D2938B8@dshs-exch1> cc: MLandman@face2interface.com cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Network messaging X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: cpghost@cordula.ws List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 21:04:08 -0000 > The clients have to log into FreeBSD, and ideally, would receive a MOTD that > tells them which image is on which port. Now, I know it's possible to > simply edit the MOTD and create a new CD, but as often as the images change, > it wouldn't be very practical. That's where my idea of sending some kind of > network data to the server when the client logs on and then the server > replying with the port to image information comes in. I can't imagine that > I need anything complex, as I am only working in the console with the > clients. Any ideas? Try to set up ssh in such a way as to list the contents of a directory, e.g. the directory which contains the image. Then a simple % ssh user@some.host ls somedir would tell you all you need to know. Please refer to ssh documentation, on how to avoid having to use a pass phrase everytime you want to access a remote host. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/