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- 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.
-
-
- 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
-
- A modem for remote access
-
-
- 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). 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 .
-