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On 2012-05-16 13:33, Stefan Baur wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:4FB39071.2030107@stefanbaur.de" type="cite">would
it be possible to integrate support (1) for PuTTY-style ssh
private key files (*.ppk) into the X2Go client, or (2) </blockquote>
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Adding a feature to allow importing ppk by calling PuTTYgen might be
reasonable.<br>
<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:4FB39071.2030107@stefanbaur.de" type="cite">to
run a ssh-agent (maybe from cygwin, or copied from PuTTY's
"pageant.exe") <b class="moz-txt-star"><span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span>within<span
class="moz-txt-tag">*</span></b> the X2Go client, so other
applications can authenticate with the same key?</blockquote>
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IMO this is not a good idea. It adds functionality that is out of
scope and adds additional cmplexity.<br>
<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:4FB39071.2030107@stefanbaur.de" type="cite">
[..] or run pageant.exe, PuTTY's ssh agent.
</blockquote>
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This is probably the best solution as it provides a clean separation
of concerns.<br>
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Cheers<br>
Morty<br>
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Dipl.-Ing. Moritz 'Morty' Struebe (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter)
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