Hello everybody.

Someone I know wants to compile and test some assembler-code on my
macintosh, by logging into my computer with ssh. It´s because he doesn´t
have a macintosh himself. He´s a professionel programmer and I thrust him...

I guess he won´t be able to see any of my files or somehow
delete/change/do anything that harms my system. I want/I need *maximum*
security and he should be allowed to compile/assemble something that
won´t destroy anything on my computer...

What should I know and how do I set up the account for him?


Med venlig hilsen / Best regards
Martin Jørgensen

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In article <4187ecd4$0$203$edfadb0f@dread12.news.tele.dk>,
Martin Jørgensen <unoder.spam@spam.jay.net> wrote:

> Hello everybody.
>
> Someone I know wants to compile and test some assembler-code on my
> macintosh, by logging into my computer with ssh. It´s because he doesn´t
> have a macintosh himself. He´s a professionel programmer and I thrust him...
>
> I guess he won´t be able to see any of my files or somehow
> delete/change/do anything that harms my system. I want/I need *maximum*
> security and he should be allowed to compile/assemble something that
> won´t destroy anything on my computer...
>
> What should I know and how do I set up the account for him?
>
>
> Med venlig hilsen / Best regards
> Martin Jørgensen

Which OS are you using? If OS X 10.3, all you need to do is open up the
Preferences panel. Open up the security panel and enable the "remote
login" item. Click on the "firewall" tab under the security panel and
ensure that you allow the remote login service to operate.

You should also probably set up an account for your friend. You can do
that by clicking on the "accounts" preferences panel. Do not send your
friend the password to his new account via email unless you encrypt it.

The should to it. I ssh into the Mac in my office at work all the time.
It works fine.

Is it possible to transfer files from machine to machine in this way ?

:-) k


On Tue, 02 Nov 2004 17:54:38 -0500, Shawn Hearn wrote:

> In article <4187ecd4$0$203$edfadb0f@dread12.news.tele.dk>,
> Martin Jørgensen <unoder.spam@spam.jay.net> wrote:
>
>> Hello everybody.
>>
>> Someone I know wants to compile and test some assembler-code on my
>> macintosh, by logging into my computer with ssh. It´s because he doesn´t
>> have a macintosh himself. He´s a professionel programmer and I thrust him...
>>
>> I guess he won´t be able to see any of my files or somehow
>> delete/change/do anything that harms my system. I want/I need *maximum*
>> security and he should be allowed to compile/assemble something that
>> won´t destroy anything on my computer...
>>
>> What should I know and how do I set up the account for him?
>>
>>
>> Med venlig hilsen / Best regards
>> Martin Jørgensen
>
> Which OS are you using? If OS X 10.3, all you need to do is open up the
> Preferences panel. Open up the security panel and enable the "remote
> login" item. Click on the "firewall" tab under the security panel and
> ensure that you allow the remote login service to operate.
>
> You should also probably set up an account for your friend. You can do
> that by clicking on the "accounts" preferences panel. Do not send your
> friend the password to his new account via email unless you encrypt it.
>
> The should to it. I ssh into the Mac in my office at work all the time.
> It works fine.

Shawn Hearn wrote:

> In article <4187ecd4$0$203$edfadb0f@dread12.news.tele.dk>,
> Martin Jørgensen <unoder.spam@spam.jay.net> wrote:
-snip-

>
> Which OS are you using? If OS X 10.3, all you need to do is open up the
> Preferences panel. Open up the security panel and enable the "remote
> login" item. Click on the "firewall" tab under the security panel and
> ensure that you allow the remote login service to operate.

Yep, ok.

> You should also probably set up an account for your friend. You can do
> that by clicking on the "accounts" preferences panel. Do not send your
> friend the password to his new account via email unless you encrypt it.
>
> The should to it. I ssh into the Mac in my office at work all the time.
> It works fine.

Yep, ok.


Med venlig hilsen / Best regards
Martin Jørgensen

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In article <pan.2004.11.03.18.49.34.759356@atservice.com>,
Karsten Harder <karsten@atservice.com> wrote:

> Is it possible to transfer files from machine to machine in this way ?

Yup. Use sftp in a terminal window to transfer the files. Suppose
you with to transfer a file called "my file" on your Mac at home to
your Mac at work. Let's suppose you have an account called "me" on your
Mac at work and the host name for your Mac at work is called
mywork.mac.com then you would open up a terminal window on your Mac at
home and type:

sftp me@mywork.mac.com

and you will be prompted to enter your password.

Then type

put "my file"
quit

and include the quotation marks in the put command. You can also do it
in the reverse direction with the get command.

This assumes there are no internal or external firewall barriers in
place between the two Macs. You might also be able to use this method to
transfer files between computers that run different operating systems,
but I have not tested that.

In article <418aa0d0$0$229$edfadb0f@dread12.news.tele.dk>,
Martin Jørgensen <unoder.spam@spam.jay.net> wrote:

> Shawn Hearn wrote:
>
> > In article <4187ecd4$0$203$edfadb0f@dread12.news.tele.dk>,
> > Martin Jørgensen <unoder.spam@spam.jay.net> wrote:
> -snip-
>
> >
> > Which OS are you using? If OS X 10.3, all you need to do is open up the
> > Preferences panel. Open up the security panel and enable the "remote
> > login" item. Click on the "firewall" tab under the security panel and
> > ensure that you allow the remote login service to operate.
>
> Yep, ok.
>
> > You should also probably set up an account for your friend. You can do
> > that by clicking on the "accounts" preferences panel. Do not send your
> > friend the password to his new account via email unless you encrypt it.

Don't give him an admin account unless he truly needs it. (Which is unlikely.)
A regular account will do.

> >
> > The should to it. I ssh into the Mac in my office at work all the time.
> > It works fine.
>
> Yep, ok.
>
>
> Med venlig hilsen / Best regards
> Martin Jørgensen



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