ssh, telnet, rsh - log in to a different machine

Unfortunately this only is supported on X11 platforms.

shell session

/usr % ssh athens
natasha's password on athens: @+h10nR)CK5
/usr/sbin % cd ..

total 12 keystrokes plus the password



menus to traverse

Interrogator session

1) Choose Open > Login > Secure Host > athens
to start a session on the remote machine 'athens'.

The first time, you will have to edit the file ~/.tint/menus/open/login.sh to include names of hosts that you want to connect to. Several examples are provided for your convenience. For the most part you can just global substitute on the file in an editor.


entering password into small box



2) Type in your password on the remote machine. If you mistype it, you will be prompted again. (Underneath is the actual ssh program; its prompts trigger the dialogs.)

access granted


3) a new Tactile Interrogator session should

be started up on the target machine.


total 1 menu select and 2 keystrokes, plus the password.




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