[X2go-dev] X2GO and SSH

[John A. Sullivan III]

On Mon, 2010-12-06 at 20:38 +0100, Heinz-M. Graesing wrote:
> Hello John,
> 
> 
> Am 02.12.2010 17:49, schrieb John A. Sullivan III:
> > Alex and Heinz, is there any version of X2Go available yet with libssh?
> > Using plink (assuming it supports ASKPASS) would require an awful amount
> > of hacking and conditional formatting of parameters.  A consistent,
> > cross-platform API would be so much easier.  Thanks - John
> 
> There is a first version of x2go using libssh ready for testing. You'll
> need to have the heuler repository added to your sources list:
> 
> # x2go testing repository:
> deb http://x2go.obviously-nice.de/deb/ heuler main
> 
> "heuler" is an additional reopsitory!
> 
> There too is a windows version of x2goclient using libssh ready for testing:
> 
> http://x2go.obviously-nice.de/deb/windows/x2goclient-3.01-14-setup.exe
> 
> If you are looking for the source code, you'll find it as usual as
> *.tar.gz file in the repository folders:
> 
> http://x2go.obviously-nice.de/deb/pool-heuler/x2goclient/x2goclient_3.01-14.tar.gz
> 
> We would like to invite you to test this new version and give us feedback.
> 
> I'll post this message also to the announcement list. Please keep in
> mind, that we'll use this list for further announcements.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Alex and Heinz
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Thanks, Heinz.

Phil, this is quite important for us at it eliminates the need to fiddle
with plink and, I assume, gives us a much newer version of ssh which may
address some of the timing issues we seem to be having - John