Date: 08 Jul 2000 13:43:13 -0700 From: Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Ssh from FreeBSD laptop to view mail Message-ID: <m2r994l5em.fsf@reader.ptw.com>
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Running a Toshiba 4005CDS with FreeBSD 4.0 snap 06/24 I have ssh-1.2.27 installed and use it extensively. In fact I've set my machines (personal at home machines) to only allow connections via ssh. Now I want to have a laptop running FreeBSD 4.0 networked to desktop running Redhat linux, be able to view/manipulate mail on the parent machine but don't want to setup pop, imap or special sendmail stuff. I don't want more daemons running that can be exploited from the internet. And haven't really looked into firewall technique. I realize there are other ways via scp, rsync, mirror using ssh but it seems the most convient to have the laptop users inbox be a ssh connection to the parent desktop at /var/spool/mail/$NAME I'll use procmail to send a copy of every mail to /var/spool/mail/NAME, on the parent machine. I know how to do that part. Then both machines will have full access to the mail without scewing up the others spool. I would like to just have $MAIL on the laptop set to `ssh PARENT:/var/spool/mail/$NAME' to access the procmail created spool on the parent machine. I'm pretty lost how to script this so that when a mail client is called, a ssh connection is initiated and /var/spool/mail/$NAME becomes the inbox. What would be nice is to just say `mutt' and a ssh connection is started and mail in PARENT:/var/spool/mail/$NAME is viewed, deleted saved etc. I have ssh-agent setup and do understand how to avoid password problems during connections. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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