[H-GEN] remote X

[Byron Ellacott]

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On Tue, 4 Jan 2000, Jason Henry Parker wrote:

> Besides which, ssh will (a) compress the traffic (not a bad idea for
> X!) and (b) allow you to log into remote hosts (not just ones on your
> local network (I assume one of these boxes is connected to the 'net
> (yet another reason to be using good tools locally))) with NO PASSWORD
> WHATSOEVER.  Start yer X session, give yer passphrase, ssh
> foo at bar.com, instant shell, compressed, encrpted, and X-forwarded.
> Who could ask for more?

me

$ eval `ssh-agent`	# good for ~/.xsession
$ ssh-add
Enter passphrase:
$ ssh someone at somewhere.fun
Connecting to somewhere.fun
somewhere$ logout
$ ssh someone at somewhere.else
Conncting to somewhere.else
somewhere$

now wasn't that much more fun?  I have a fairly long passphrase, so I tend
to not like typing it constantly.

On the down side, you really do need to lock your screen or log out
whenever you walk away, otherwise you may as well not have a passphrase at
all.

--
bje


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