[Gumstix-users] Re: tftp client on gumstix?

[Kevin W. <kw...@gm...>]

Sorry for all the emails to myself... I think I figured out a good
setup, so I'll share with anyone who is interested in doing a similar
thing...

I ended up going with scp/ssh using a public key, here is what I did

On the gumstix:
#mkdir /root/.ssh

On the PC:
1. $ssh-keygen -t rsa
2. Hit enter when it asks for a passphrase... note that this means
that if anyone has access to your computer, they will be able to
totally trash your gumstix files.. however this means you won't need a
password when ssh'ing to the gumstix
3. $scp ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub root@IP_OF_GUMSTIX:/root/.ssh/authorized_keys

Now you should be able to do $ssh root@IP_OF_GUMSTIX and it will log
you right in!

-Kevin


On 5/6/06, Kevin Worth <kw...@gm...> wrote:
> On second thought- perhaps I will just pose this question...
>
> I'm looking for a method to transferring files automatically between
> the gumstix and another computer over the network. This needs to be
> done in a script, so I'd need to have some way to store passwords/keys
> once. Authentication is not required, but it would be a bonus.
>
> I've been using scp to copy files to the gumstix manually, but I don't
> know if dropbear supports storing keys, so this might not work. Anyone
> have ideas of what might work? Thanks!
>
> -Kevin
>
>
> On 5/5/06, Kevin Worth <kw...@gm...> wrote:
> > Quick question- is there a tftp client that can be loaded on the
> > gumstix? What package is it in?
> > I have a shell script that I need to transfer files to the gumstix and
> > I'd like to just run a TFTP server on the other end.
> > I see tftpd in buildroot, but that only seems to be the server.
> > Thanks!
> >
> > -Kevin
> >
>