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Re: My MacBook Pro got Laser Etched

chin — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:35:08 -0000

Hi, Victor it was so cool!!!
How much it costs? I also would like to put our company logo on mac book air

Re: iPhone and iPod Wifi Application Syncing

chin — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:13:55 -0000

Hi, Victor
Does this work on g3 iphone without jailbreaking?
I can go on wireless but i am not sure how to sync applications.-

Re: TMUP 145: Using Mac and Windows together

chin — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:13:04 -0000

HI, Bart
I always enjoyed listening to your talks. Is there any way I can get the show notes. Particulalry the series on terminal tips. I often listen to TMUP while I am driving. Thanks for any help-chin

Re: Typical Mac User Podcast » Mac OSX Remote Login Access Screencast Part 5

chin — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 19:39:36 -0000

HI, George
Generally I listened to several podcasts, but rarely comment. But after watching your series on remote login, I am compelled to write - It is simply excellent series. Eventhough I am using ssh and FTPs several years I still learned several new things. Thanks for the podcast.

Re: Typical Mac User Podcast » Mac OSX Remote Login Acess Screencast Part 8

chin — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:04:28 -0000

HI, George
I am trying to follow the series to set up on my home mac. I have a couple of questions-
1) Does keys have anything to do with port number and ip address. Can I change port number after generating keys? Same as IP addresses?
2) if we ever install a new operating system on imac at home, do i need to do the whole thing again? If so what about on mac book? Do I need to do thing anything different apart from replacing the id_rsa file?
3) How does my mac book know which key to use, if i am trying to ssh in to two different macs like office imac and home i mac.
4) If I want to use screen sharing, or itunes do i need to make any changes?

Thanks for the great work.

Re: Typical Mac User Podcast » Mac OSX Remote Login Acess Screencast Part 8

chin — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:11:17 -0000

Thanks George. Looking forward for some more episodes like these.

Re: Typical Mac User Podcast » Mac OSX Remote Login Acess Screencast Part 8

chin — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:29:43 -0000

Hi, George

It is me again! I am not able to succeed with keys.
I am not sure wether my earlier message went through or not.
1) On which machines do you create keys? On laptops (clients) or Desktops(servers)? On some tutorials they are instructing to generate keys on laptop and place authorized keys on server. Doesn't it matter as long authorized key is on server and pvt and public keys are on laptop?
2) How do you add more than one authorized keys. Because I want to access my iMac(server) both from my mac book (client) and my mac pro(client) at work. How do i append? Is it just cut and past at the end of first authorized key?
3) Is authorized_keys2 ibetter than authorized_key?

Thanks for any help.

Re: Typical Mac User Podcast » Mac OSX Remote Login Acess Screencast Part 8

chin — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:28:34 -0000

Hi, George

Everything goes well until keys are created. When I tried to login it says "permission denied(publickey)". But everything works If I revert it to access with passwords instead of keys. I am not sure why It is causing problems with keys. In fact it asks for pass-phrase, I also can see my own banner. But denies access. Is there any criteria for the pass phrase such as number of characters. Mine 79pitha59. I am going to change it gain. Do you see this kind of pass phrase causing problems.

Thank you for your patience.

Re: Typical Mac User Podcast » Mac OSX Remote Login Acess Screencast Part 8

chin — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:55:27 -0000

Hi,
I checked the location of authorized_keys. It is in ~/ .ssh. Any thoughts.
Thanks-chin

Re: Typical Mac User Podcast » TMUP 150: PGP Whole Disk Enryption A to Z Review

chin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:35:07 -0000

Hi, George Once again excellent podcast. I have few questions.

1) What is the main difference between true crypt vs PGF in terms of whole disk encryption.
2) Right now I am using Mac OS x inbuilt sparse image technique. to encrypt o a folder where I keep all my important files like passwords and bank accounts. My understanding is no one can decrypt with out having an access to password for that dmg. If I want to secure onyl one or two fiolders is it ok to continue what I am doing? Or do I need to switch to either true crypt or PGF?
Thanks you once again for the podcast.

Re: TMUP 154: Remote Access your Mac Today

chin — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:00:04 -0000

HI, George
Again it is me. I followed your podcast on setting up SSH. No problem doing that at work. But at home it is not working. I live in rural area with out cable or dsm. I get internet through a mobile broadband connection. The external IP address I see at my router is different from what I see at "what is my ipaddress.com". The way my ISP provider explained to me is he distributes one external IP address to several house holds. I tried dyndns, noip.com etc. They all point to thereal external ip address but not to the one which is pointing to my routers external ip address. Is there any way I can set up ssh to work with this kind of environment? But some how logme in has no problem reaching my computer. I am looking for alternatives because I want to use SFTP access. Thanks for any help