Re: Mathematica 5.2 and mathssh
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- Subject: [mg59475] Re: Mathematica 5.2 and mathssh
- From: Paul Abbott <paul at physics.uwa.edu.au>
- Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 02:57:52 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: The University of Western Australia
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In article <dchmmm$7a1$1 at smc.vnet.net>, "ianh at wolfram.com" <ianh at wolfram.com> wrote: > The WolframSSH client supports both password and publickey > authentication. On all platforms, you can use the WolframSSHKeyGen > java application (located in SystemFiles/Java) to create your keys if > you do not already have them. You can also use ssh-keygen to create > your keys, if you prefer. The client supports both RSA and DSA key > types. > > If you prefer to use another client, you can use the "Shell command to > launch kernel" field in the Kernel Properties dialog. Here is an > example using the standard SSH command line utility. > > ssh username@host math -mathlink -LinkMode Connect -LinkProtocol TCPIP > -LinkName "`linkname`" > > Of course, this will only work if you are using publickey > authentication with the remote host. The documentation under the heading "Special Ways to Run the Kernel" is completely inadequate. Connecting to a Unix kernel on a remote host under OS X is much more complicated than it should be. Cheers, Paul -- Paul Abbott Phone: +61 8 6488 2734 School of Physics, M013 Fax: +61 8 6488 1014 The University of Western Australia (CRICOS Provider No 00126G) AUSTRALIA http://physics.uwa.edu.au/~paul http://InternationalMathematicaSymposium.org/IMS2005/