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Re: Re: Re: Mathematica 5.2 and mathssh

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  • Subject: [mg59548] Re: [mg59509] Re: [mg59475] Re: Mathematica 5.2 and mathssh
  • From: Chris Chiasson <chris.chiasson at gmail.com>
  • Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 00:07:51 -0400 (EDT)
  • References: <dccckr$3et$1@smc.vnet.net> <dchmmm$7a1$1@smc.vnet.net> <200508100657.CAA04673@smc.vnet.net> <200508110854.EAA24587@smc.vnet.net>
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That's interesting. The dialog box might be different on OSX because I
see everything they mentioned under Win XP.

On 8/11/05, Chris Chiasson <chris.chiasson at gmail.com> wrote:
> Paul,
> If you could do what you wanted, how would you simplify it? In
> general, I find SSH difficult because of the generation and
> maintenance of user and host keys.
> Regards,
> 
> On 8/10/05, Paul Abbott <paul at physics.uwa.edu.au> wrote:
> > 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
> >
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> >
> >
> 
> 
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> Chris Chiasson
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> 
> 


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