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Corepure64 / Re: Chrony Tcz Request

« Last post by Juanito on February 26, 2026, 12:02:34 PM »

posted - not tested

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General TC Talk / Re: Password

« Last post by MTCAT on February 26, 2026, 10:02:30 AM »

Hi patrikg,

Thanks for the help, I looked at both config files and made some changes in them to try remove password checking and even RSA Key authentication but it didn't work, and I may have made things worse now because since I started up a fresh session of openssh, new keys were generated and now I can't even get as far as a password request with my scp attempt, my ASUS EEE bails out immediately now since the keys are different (I think), yet I didn't copy any keys over to the ASUS on the first attempt either, so I'm confused....

I guess I need to start openssh on my TinyCore, generate new keys, and then copy the public key to my ASUS EEE (into /home/user/ssh/known_hosts) and then ssh might work?, assuming I have the correct password for user tc.

And then on my TC box, I could copy the keys into a directory on /home/tc (persistent) and can then after powering up, can copy the keys stored in /home/tc into /usr/local/etc/ssh every time so that the keys stay the same?

I just want to be able to transfer data files over ethernet with scp, but I wonder if there might be other simpler ways, like with ftp or wget even?

Thanks,

David

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Tiny Core Netbooks / Re: Please recommend a version of Linux Ttimy Core for Asus EeePC.

« Last post by andrewb on February 26, 2026, 06:28:49 AM »

TC16 runs well on eeepc 900AX. I've upgraded to SSD, but still original 1GB Ram. No issues.

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General TC Talk / Re: Password

« Last post by patrikg on February 26, 2026, 01:15:17 AM »

You should of course look at the server config sshd_config file. Not the client config (ssh_config).

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TCE Talk / Re: Firefox

« Last post by vinceASPECT on February 25, 2026, 09:59:12 PM »

Thanks for all your help


evidently , it's clear to me that i sometimes just get mental blocks with computing.

So i quikly discovered tonight that the mentioned FLAG we talk of is indeed available on the latest regular Firefox build on ALL OPERATING SYSTEMS.........including MS win 10 etc

i still intend to also set it to TRUE in TCL 64 bit

typing ---------about:config  ( into Firefox address bar)  and accept the terms then search for

------->  dom.ipc.forkserver.enable  -----------------AND SET IT TO "true"

done

thanks a lot
C

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Raspberry Pi / Re: piCore TouchScreen Not Working Properly

« Last post by Paul_123 on February 25, 2026, 07:58:44 PM »

This touchscreen is notorious for having poor USB configuration data.  I have seen some that work with X OOTB, and some that don't.

This screen is a multitouch screen, and requries a different driver.  Try loading the kernel module  "hid_multitouch"

Do this in /opt/bootlocal.sh before you try to do anything with Xorg.

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General TC Talk / Re: Password

« Last post by MTCAT on February 25, 2026, 04:00:52 PM »

Hi mocore and patrikg,

Thanks for the help, I'll look in the ssh_config file and see what's in there, and read up on ssh options more, I need to learn more about ssh obviously!

I could also just set a password for user tc, just hoping that wouldn't cause permission issues with all the scripts in bootlocal.sh and ~/.X.d.

Thanks,

David

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General TC Talk / Re: Password

« Last post by patrikg on February 25, 2026, 03:29:14 PM »

When dealing with ssh you need to set a password or use PKI, like copy the public key to the computer you tries to connect to.
There are a lot of guides how to deal with this in ssh. And i think you can also config the ssh server to accept none password.
But that of course is very insecure.

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General TC Talk / Re: Password

« Last post by mocore on February 25, 2026, 03:26:12 PM »

What is the password for tc?
I thought it was an empty string, just simply hit return, but that isn't working.

imho that is the wrong question

likely more relevant question(s) might be

-- what is the default ssh configuration?
&
-- how to configure ssh auth with / without password ?

afaik this is less about tc and more about ssh (*defaults)
though the interplay/combination of the two appears to be the source of your confusion

see also

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/582315/can-a-user-with-no-password-set-login-with-ssh

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General TC Talk / Password

« Last post by MTCAT on February 25, 2026, 02:50:31 PM »

Hi everyone,

On Tinycore 3.8.4 (kernel 2.6.33) I'm trying to copy some files off my VortexDX3 CF card, onto an external SSD over a 100 Mbit ethernet port, after setting the IP address on my little ASUS EEE laptop to 172.16.1.20, and getting ssh up and running on the TinyCore VortexDX3, from the ASUS laptop I can successfully execute;

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ping 172.16.1.98

So we have a connection there!, on the VortexDX3 I also made sure that ssh is listening to port 22 with

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sudo netstat -tupan

And ssh is indeed running and listening to port22 on the DX3.

But, when I type (on the ASUS EEE laptop)

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scp tc@172.16.1.98:/home/tc/data/* .

So as to copy all the files in /home/tc/data into the current directory on the external SSD, I get a prompt asking for the password for tc, I also tried the above command with "sudo" and same thing, need the password for tc.

What is the password for tc?I thought it was an empty string, just simply hit return, but that isn't working.

Hoping someone can see what I'm doing wrong.

Thanks,

David