From po87553@tuulihaukka.cs.tut.fi Fri Mar 19 04:23:15 1993 Received: from cs.tut.fi by toadflax.cs.ucdavis.edu (4.1/UCD.CS.2.1) id AA29557; Fri, 19 Mar 93 04:23:12 PST Received: from tuulihaukka.cs.tut.fi by cs.tut.fi with SMTP id AA19113 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for ); Fri, 19 Mar 1993 14:23:08 +0200 Return-Path: Received: by tuulihaukka.cs.tut.fi (5.64+/SMI-4.1) id AA01176; Fri, 19 Mar 93 14:23:06 +0200 Date: Fri, 19 Mar 93 14:23:06 +0200 From: po87553@tuulihaukka.cs.tut.fi (Pasi 'Albert' Ojala) Message-Id: <9303191223.AA01176@tuulihaukka.cs.tut.fi> To: zerkle@cs.ucdavis.edu Subject: AXsh-1.3-demo announcement Status: RO This should have no major spelling errors etc.. I am the author, btw.. ----------------------- Short: Protected shell for remote login w/ utils Type: util/shell TITLE AXsh - Amiga external shell VERSION 1.3 - a non-crippled evaluation version AUTHOR Pasi 'Albert' Ojala Internet: po87553@cs.tut.fi OR albert@cc.tut.fi DESCRIPTION AXsh's main purpose is to let other users have access to your Amiga and still be sure that nothing inappropriate can happen. AXsh ensures this by allowing access only to directories that are defined accessible and only accepting commands and arguments that are defined legal. AXsh supports multiple lines, multiple users logged in simultaneosly and 8 different user levels. User actions can be saved into a log file. Each user has his/her own home directory, but the used disk space can be/is restricted. AXsh can be used as a bulletin board system with or without UUCP or as a door program in a 'normal' BBS. It has its own mail, news and file transfer programs. However, AXsh is not restricted to remote access, it can be very well used as a local shell. The shell itself has command line editing, function key macros, history, aliases, variables and scripts. It also has filename and commandname completion assigned to the TAB key. VT100, Ansi and dumb terminal modes are currently supported. The shell uses Unix-like paths, which are converted to AmigaDOS paths before executing the commands. Many useful programs are included in the packet and any CLI-based programs can easily be added. AXsh systems can be connected together to form a network, so that mail and news are exchanged between systems. You can also use UUCP instead of the native AXsh net system or you can use another transport mechanism like Fidonet (TrapDoor) to transfer AXsh net packets. News and mail programs are configurable to fully interface with UUCP or CNews. If you have WB2.1, you can choose the used language from English, Finnish, Spanish, French, Danish and Swedish. New 2.0 features are also used, but you can still use AXsh with ks1.3 if you have arp.library. NEW FEATURES Can use 2.0 resident commands and exports all variables to local shell variables. Also other new features support the use of various news and mail readers. Slightly improved command line editor has now a dumb-mode for dumb terminals. Rn can be configured to work on its own, with plain UUCP or with Cnews. Numerous bug fixes and improvements. Read the file AXshUpdates1.3 for details. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS arp.library (v39) OR ks2.0 LhA to unpack the archive SUGGESTED ENVIRONMENT A hard disk, about 1M for a basic one-user system without news At least 1M of memory, KS2.04 & WB2.1 or greater A modem for remote access HOST NAME/FILE NAME nic.funet.fi:/pub/amiga/shells/AXsh/AXsh-1.3-demo.{lha,readme} nic.funet.fi:/pub/amiga/shells/AXsh/AXshSupport.{lha,readme} (128.214.6.100) And all aminet-sites, situated under util/shell, AXsh-1.3-demo.{lha,readme} and AXshSupport.{lha,readme} One of them is: ftp.luth.se:/pub/amiga/util/shell/AXsh-1.3-demo.{lha,readme} ftp.luth.se:/pub/amiga/util/shell/AXshSupport.{lha,readme} 130.240.18.2 (New TCP/IP number!) PRICE Suggested shareware/registration fee is US$30 DISTRIBUTABILITY The demo version can be freely distributed, provided that the contents of the archive remain intact. However, also the demo version is shareware and only intended for evaluation. IMPORTANT! This can be the last 1.3-compatible version. However, bugfixes will be done for registered users, if needed. The next version will be totally new inside, writing applications will be easier, the security will improve etc. If there is enough interest (and registrations), I might consider making a 1.3-compatible version also. OTHER AXsh version 1.3 will be available by BMS and probably also from fidonet fairly soon (at least the previous version was spread quite quickly). I hope that BMS-sites and Fidonet nodes that get the files, also announce that they have them in alt.sys.amiga.uucp. If you absolutely need to get the package quicly AND your system accepts big mail packets, you can request it directly from my Internet E-mail address: po87553@cs.tut.fi .