Re: ssh-method pty support

[Chris Parker <chris parker marinerhealthcare com>]

Reply below.

On Mon, 2004-05-17 at 09:56 +0200, Alexander Larsson wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-05-14 at 11:54, Chris Parker wrote:
> > I added pty support to the gnome-vfs ssh module.
> > 
> > The changes can be found here:
> > http://mrcsparker.homelinux.net/~parkerc/files/ssh-method/
> > 
> > It does not have keyring support, but it does support URLs like
> > ssh://user:pass server and if you do not enter a password it will ask
> > your password via dialog (though this is quite annoying as it does not
> > store any information so it will keep asking you while it connects).
> > 
> > Large sections of this code were ripped right out of the sftp-method in
> > gnome-vfs.  It uses the pty-open code in gnome-vfs to read from the pty.
> > 
> > I would make more changes, but I am not whether this module is really
> > being worked on.  I would like to add the following:
> > 
> > 1. keyring support
> > 2. change user name
> > 3. caching support
> > 4. fix some of the problems with editing/adding/copying files from the
> > local machine to the server.
> > 
> > Any changes I make I will be sure to merge with sftp-method.
> > 
> > Let me know, and I will start working.
> 
> While I think that supporting ptys is good and i'll have a look at the
> patch later I just need to ask you a question. Why did you chose to work
> on the ssh: method? The sftp method is faster, cleaner and conceptually
> better. Is there some reason it doesn't work for you?
> 
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About a year ago I promised Mark Finlay that I would work on the
ssh-method with him.  I worked on it but I lost the code.  I had some
time at work so I patched together some code.

Plus, it was there to work on.  KDE has a ssh method, why shouldn't
GNOME?  I agree on the fact that scp is better, but ssh is included and
so why not make it better?

Chris Parker
chris parker marinerhealthcare com