Re: Bash Tutorial

2014-02-02 Thread Jeff Anderson
Okay, I will start sending them. They kind of evolve slowly, so you have to bare with them. Will probably write at most one a week. Also, some of the audience is nieces/nephews in Jr. High and also to myself for my own review/entertainment. Still, I think anyone can get something useful out of

Bash Tutorial: Basics

2014-02-02 Thread Jeff Anderson
*Foreword* Pardon me if this is super gumby and you already know all of this. I'm trying to start from the beginning at not gloss over too much. Even at that, I actually assume quite a bit here. For those with a lot of experience, I'm looking for feedback as to what I'm completely lying about

Bash Tutorial: Basics

2014-02-02 Thread Jeff Anderson
*Foreword* Pardon me if this is super gumby and you already know all of this. I'm trying to start from the beginning at not gloss over too much. Even at that, I actually assume quite a bit here. For those with a lot of experience, I'm looking for feedback as to what I'm completely lying about

Bash Tutorial: Getting Help

2014-02-02 Thread Jeff Anderson
*Getting Help* Let's face it: you need help. A lot of help. Your mom has known this for quite a while now, but you are just beginning to realize it. So, let's explore what you can do about it when she is not around. *Let Me Google That For You / RTFM* Before you ask your pressing questi

Bash Tutorial: Press Any Key

2014-02-02 Thread Jeff Anderson
*Press Any Key* You have to walk before you run. You have to crawl before you walk. And before you crawl, you have to press a single key. And literally, these days some children do indeed do that before they crawl. I jumped the gun in the previous tutorials. I expected you to be able to p

Bash Tutorial: What's My Line?

2014-02-02 Thread Jeff Anderson
*The Command Line* Bash is said to have a command line interface (CLI) because what you literally do is type a command to your computer (or a remote one) on a single line. Well, sometimes it's more than one line, but let's pretend it's only one for now. Commands that you type at the command

Re: Bash Tutorial

2014-02-02 Thread Jeff Anderson
I believe I just sent the first 4 Bash tutorials. That's all I have written so far. On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 9:11 AM, Jeff Anderson wrote: > Okay, I will start sending them. They kind of evolve slowly, so you have > to bare with them. Will probably write at most one a week. Also, some of > the

Ridding myself of root passwords?

2014-02-02 Thread S. Dale Morrey
Has anyone here managed to completely eliminate a root password once it's set? I setup a server to be certificate auth for SSH. But I seem to still be able to SSH in with a password too. What on earth could I have done wrong here? Thanks! /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsub

Re: Ridding myself of root passwords?

2014-02-02 Thread Ken Jordan
In your sshd config just set PermitRoot to without-password. On Feb 2, 2014 4:55 PM, "S. Dale Morrey" wrote: > Has anyone here managed to completely eliminate a root password once it's > set? > I setup a server to be certificate auth for SSH. But I seem to still be > able to SSH in with a passwo

Re: Bash Tutorial: Basics

2014-02-02 Thread Andy Bradford
Thus said Jeff Anderson on Sun, 02 Feb 2014 09:22:03 -0700: > Bash is the "Bourne Again Shell". It is the successor to the "Bourne > Shell". AFAIK, it has nothing to do with The Bourne Identity series of > movies. Nor is it a religious movement. I'm not sure that successor is entirely accurate.