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SSH Saves The Day.. 1400 Miles Away!

Posted by Sander_Marechal on · 7 comments
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A few months ago I was in Chicago to take the Redhat Certified Engineer exam. One of the nights I was there (5 day course) my brother calls me in a panic begging me to come fix his computer. I of course tell him that I’m in Chicago at the moment and not sure what I can do to help. At that I can hear his heart sink, so I ask him what the problem is. He starts into this sob story about how he has a paper due in the morning but he can’t get logged into his computer. Apparently his wife dropped something on the keyboard and the number row no longer works, which limits him from logging into his machine. He is, by my suggestion, using Ubuntu on his home machine so I know I can save the day.

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Comments (7)

nikkels ·
>>>>Apparently his wife dropped something on the keyboard and the number row no longer works, which limits him from logging into his machine.
tracyanne ·
It points back to lxr, so I can' access the article
tracyanne ·
I did a google search and found the article. [url=http://swik.net/Ubuntu/Planet Ubuntu/Christer Edwards: SSH Saves The Day.. 1400 Miles Away! Enable Automagic Login/bef8p]http://swik.net/Ubuntu/Planet Ubuntu/Christer Edwards: SSH S...[/url]

Of course he would need to have had SSH enabled and the ssh daemon running and the firewall set to allow ssh to be accessible from the internet and the broadband modem set to route ssh. But the principle is correct.
Scott_Ruecker ·
I fixed the link, Thanks tracyanne for finding it.

Time to go give 20 lashes to the helper. (Sander)

:-)

Sander_Marechal Story submitter ·
Hmm.. I checked the link before posting it. I'm sure of it. Must have been a dynamic link instead of a permalink. Oh well...

/me puts healing salve on lashed back
jdixon ·
> Time to go give 20 lashes to the helper. (Sander)

I hope you video taped it for TC. :)
Scott_Ruecker ·
Quoting:Hmm.. I checked the link before posting it. I'm sure of it. Must have been a dynamic link instead of a permalink. Oh well...


No Worries Sander, it happens to me too. And I'm the one with the whip?!

LOL

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