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Wiki Work Needed

2010-06-21T01:16:50Z

Cyynic:

What pages in the wiki need work? I (bk) will try my best to fix them.

# http://wiki.amahi.org/ - bk - Yup, its already there, so add an actual page haha.
# http://wiki.amahi.org/Wiki - Cyynic - now obsolete but linked directly from the main page.
# http://wiki.amahi.org/DocuWiki - page needed.
# http://wiki.amahi.org/WikkaWiki - page needed.
# Backing up the server, the Amahi installation/configuration and (separately?) the media files.

Wiki Work Needed

2010-06-20T19:24:18Z

Cyynic:

Wiki

2010-06-20T19:22:21Z

Cyynic:

This page is now obsolete. Please reference these other wiki resources:

[[WikkaWiki]]
[[DocuWiki]]

Each HDA contains a personal/home wiki instance for your use. It is accessible as <pre><nowiki>http://wiki/</nowiki></pre> in your browser.

For even more simplicity, you can simply type '''wiki''' in the browser.

= What is a wiki? =

But ... what exactly is a wiki, you ask?

From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wikipedia] (an online encyclopedia built with wiki technology that popularized wikis worldwide):

A wiki is a website that allows visitors to add, remove, and otherwise edit and change content, typically without the need for registration. It also allows for linking among any number of pages. This ease of interaction and operation makes a wiki an effective tool for mass collaborative authoring. The term wiki also can refer to the collaborative software itself (wiki engine) that facilitates the operation of such a site, or to certain specific wiki sites, including the computer science site (the original wiki) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/[[Wiki Wiki Web]] [[Wiki Wiki Web]]] and online encyclopedias such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wikipedia].

= Editing the wiki =

Wikis today are still best edited with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki#Pages_and_editing wikitext], though some wiki engines have some GUI (graphical user interface) editor for editing the pages. In some cases, the GUI editors are usable, however, they may not be able to exploit all the formatting features in wikitext.

Consider the differences in editing this page with the [http://help.yourhda.com/Wiki?action=edit&editor=text Edit (Text)] button
on the right, vs. the [http://help.yourhda.com/Wiki?action=edit&editor=gui Edit (GUI)] button below it. In the text case, the edit page will tell you at the bottom some of the wikitext you can use, such as ''italics''; '''bold'''; '''''bold italics'''''; ''mixed '''bold''' and italics''.

* Shared Documents: if two people attempt to edit a given page at the same time, the second one will be warned that there is someone editing that page already. The first person editing the page will have a few hours to edit the page, at which point, that edition of the page will time out.

* Creating new pages: a new page is created when a user puts a [[Word With Camel Case]] or <code><nowiki>[[Words with brackets and double quotes]] </nowiki></code>.

This will create a new link, which, when clicked, will create a new page. When creating a new page, the user is offered with some templates of pages which can be modeled after.

= Templates =

The wiki comes prepared with a few [[templates]] from which you can copy and paste into your own pages. Here are some examples:

* [[Trip Template]]
* [[Recipe Template]]
* [[Sports Schedule Template]]
* [[Blog Diary Template]]
* [[Contacts Template]]

Wiki Work Needed

2010-06-20T19:17:09Z

Cyynic:

X11 Forwarding

2010-06-20T19:03:18Z

Cyynic:

=X11 Forwarding=

===Prerequisites for remotely displaying applications===

For this to work requires your Amahi server to have an X server installed. Second is the ability to receive ssh connections (configured by default). Finally, ssh must be configured to allow X11 forwarding. Check ''/etc/ssh/ssh_config'' and make sure the directive is set:

X11Forward yes

Once this is configured you are ready to forward application windows.

From the client machine, where you want the application to be displayed, you ssh into the remote system so you have a command prompt. The can attained using the ssh command. When using the ssh command we need to use the ''-X'' flag, this tells ssh that we plan to tunnel x traffic through the tunnel:

ssh -X user@hda

Enter your password at the login prompt. You should see the prompt change into ''[user@localhost ~]$'' Once logged in, run the following command to see a file window:

nautilus

This should open a gnome file window as if on the server locally.

===Trusted X11 Forwarding===

If the ''/etc/ssh/ssh_config'' file on the Amahi server contains the following line (set by default):

ForwardX11Trusted yes

Then it's possible to use trusted X11 forwarding. Trusted X11 forwarding is slightly faster than untrusted because it doesn't engage the X11 security controls. The -Y flag is used when using trusted X11 forwarding:

ssh -Y user@hda

===Compressed X11 Forwarding===

When using slower links, X11 data can be compressed using the ''-C'' flag:

ssh -Y -C user@hda

X11 Forwarding

2010-06-20T01:22:03Z

Cyynic:

=X11 Forwarding=

===Prerequisites for remotely displaying applications===

For this to work requires your Amahi server to have an X server installed. Second is the ability to receive ssh connections (configured by default). Finally, ssh must be configured to allow X11 forwarding. Check ''/etc/ssh/ssh_config'' and make sure the directive is set:

'''X11Forward yes'''

Once this is configured you are ready to forward application windows.

From the client machine, where you want the application to be displayed, you ssh into the remote system so you have a command prompt. The can attained using the ssh command. When using the ssh command we need to use the ''-X'' flag, this tells ssh that we plan to tunnel x traffic through the tunnel:

'''ssh -X user@hda'''

Enter your password at the login prompt. You should see the prompt change into ''[user@localhost ~]$'' Once logged in, run the following command to see a file window:

'''nautilus'''

This should open a gnome file window as if on the server locally.

===Trusted X11 Forwarding===

If the ''/etc/ssh/ssh_config'' file on the Amahi server contains the following line (set by default):

'''ForwardX11Trusted yes'''

Then it's possible to use trusted X11 forwarding. Trusted X11 forwarding is slightly faster than untrusted because it doesn't engage the X11 security controls. The -Y flag is used when using trusted X11 forwarding:

'''ssh -Y user@hda'''

===Compressed X11 Forwarding===

When using slower links, X11 data can be compressed using the ''-C'' flag:

'''ssh -Y -C user@hda'''

X11 Forwarding

2010-06-19T19:40:14Z

Cyynic: Created page with 'X11 Forwarding Prerequisites for remotely displaying applications For this to work requires your Amahi server to have an X server installed. Second is the ability to receive ss…'

X11 Forwarding

Prerequisites for remotely displaying applications

For this to work requires your Amahi server to have an X server installed. Second is the ability to receive ssh connections (configured by default). Finally, ssh must be configured to allow X11 forwarding. Check /etc/ssh/ssh_config and make sure the directive is set:

X11Forward yes

Once this is configured you are ready to forward application windows.

From the client machine, where you want the application to be displayed, you ssh into the remote system so you have a command prompt. The can attained using the ssh command. When using the ssh command we need to use the -X flag, this tells ssh that we plan to tunnel x traffic through the tunnel:

ssh -X user@hda

Enter your password at the login prompt. You should see the prompt change into [user@localhost ~]$ Once logged in, run the following command to see a file window:

nautilus

This should open a gnome file window as if on the server locally.

Trusted X11 Forwarding

If the /etc/ssh/ssh_config file on the Amahi server contains the following line (set by default):

ForwardX11Trusted yes

Then it's possible to use trusted X11 forwarding. Trusted X11 forwarding is slightly faster than untrusted because it doesn't engage the X11 security controls. The -Y flag is used when using trusted X11 forwarding:

ssh -Y user@hda

Compressed X11 Forwarding

When using slower links, X11 data can be compressed using the -C flag:

ssh -Y -C user@hda