[Xastir] Server Port Authentication?

[Josh Keller]

Thank you everyone for the responses, that got it working for me.

Initially I'm just trying to get 3 different laptops connected for SAR. The
idea was that we could have one for comms, one for planning, and one for
possibly logistics. The one in comms would be hooked to a TNC and getting
updates from teams in the field. The other 2 could be linked via 802.11b and
get their updates from the comms system.

The reason for authentication was so that planning and whoever else had the
3rd system could add objects for the others to see. TX will be disabled on
the comms unit so we would not have to worry about who uses it. 

The other reason is that I am slowly working on a radio logging setup and
would like to be able to have that automatically inject the coordinates into
Xastir as they are logged so there is no need to type them twice or write
them on scratch paper then enter them into the computer.

On a somewhat related note, is adding a feature that flushes the
items/objects to the server port right away possible, maybe have a "grab
history on connect" checkbox for the internet server? That way if planning
were to connect later in the day they could grab the whole map instead of
waiting for the updates? Or would it be better to just move the updates down
to every couple of minutes since it's all going over the network not RF? 


-----Original Message-----
From: Curt, WE7U [mailto:archer at eskimo.com] 
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 09:47
To: Josh Keller
Cc: xastir at xastir.org
Subject: Re: [Xastir] Server Port Authentication?

On Wed, 17 Nov 2004, Josh Keller wrote:

> I was reading through the docs and help files, and tried looking through
the
> source but I'm not nearly experienced enough to decipher it yet, and I
can't
> find information on the server port authentication. The help does indicate
> that in order to send things back to the server port it needs to be
> authenticated, and indicates the type of command that should be sent.
> However, it doesn't offer any help on how to setup the authentication
system
> on the actual server.how to specify users and passwords that are accepted.
>
>
>
> Is this somewhere in the docs or help and I'm just missing it, or can
> someone provide some assistance?

What exactly is it that you're trying to do?  Are you trying to
authenticate to the internet servers, or are you trying to inject
things into Xastir's server port?

The former is simple and described in the first response you
received on this list.

The latter requires a bit more knowledge (although it's really the
same sort of authentication as the former), but if you need help
there I can probably help you.  Just let me know what language
you're writing in.

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