That seems pretty valid, and with a decent error message when we can't find it, it should be pretty easy for the user to fix (could we give a link the website, or is that not kosher?) On Dec 3, 2013 6:56 PM, "David Cheney" <david.che...@canonical.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 10:50 AM, Nate Finch <nate.fi...@canonical.com> > wrote: > > Yeah, that's a good point. The problem comes when they don't have putty, > or > > if they do, we don't know where it is (putty isn't an installed > application, > > it's a standalone exe, so it can live anywhere... Mine always just lived > in > > my downloads folder). I'm not sure what the best solution for that is. > > There's a bunch of not great work around. > > If we can make the restriction that it must live in %PATH% that sounds > preferable to > > a. writing our own ssh client > b. adding another configuration value to environments.yaml, especially > as that file has no concept of global configuration, only per > environment configuration. > > > > > On Dec 3, 2013 6:44 PM, "David Cheney" <david.che...@canonical.com> > wrote: > >> > >> :) Nice. > >> > >> The big problem with using the go ssh client is not the ssh support, > >> but the terminal handling. To work properly on the remote side you > >> need to request a PTY when setting up the shell session. That causes > >> the remote shell to send lots of advanced messages, like 'how wide is > >> your screen', etc, which need to be handled or you just get poop on > >> your screen. Interfacing that with the W32 console subsystem sounds > >> like a major headache. > >> > >> I think for the windows cli the best experience would be to fire off > >> putty.exe, so the user has all their normal putty customization > >> necessary and doesn't have to use ssh though the crippled win32 > >> console. > >> > >> Cheers > >> > >> Dave > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 10:40 AM, Nate Finch <nate.fi...@canonical.com> > >> wrote: > >> > I wonder if anyone has written an ssh client for go... > >> > > >> > On Dec 3, 2013 6:10 PM, "David Cheney" <david.che...@canonical.com> > >> > wrote: > >> >> > >> >> I *think* the putty cli command is something like pssh, we can look > it > >> >> up. I think this is pretty easy to attempt as we can detect when the > >> >> user is running windows and use an alternative command invocation. > >> >> > >> >> Who wants to raise the issue ? > >> >> > >> >> On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 8:10 AM, Marco Ceppi <ma...@ondina.co> wrote: > >> >> > We have docs on creating keys for windows users, but not on how to > >> >> > set > >> >> > up > >> >> > PuTTY https://juju.ubuntu.com/docs/getting-started-keygen-win.htmlWe > >> >> > should > >> >> > probably expand these to installing PuTTY > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Tim Penhey < > tim.pen...@canonical.com> > >> >> > wrote: > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Hi folks, > >> >> >> > >> >> >> I watch the Ask Ubuntu questions around Juju, and saw one > yesterday > >> >> >> that > >> >> >> I think we need to get better docs around. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> The user was saying he couldn't edit the files on the machines > that > >> >> >> Juju > >> >> >> started. This had me going "huh?". > >> >> >> > >> >> >> I should have twigged immediately at the use of Filezilla, but it > >> >> >> became > >> >> >> obvious when someone else suggested just using 'juju ssh' and the > >> >> >> error > >> >> >> was that 'juju not found in %PATH%'. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Do we have docs that help people set up PuTTY on windows, enabling > >> >> >> it > >> >> >> for juju, and making sure that the key is uploaded? > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Cheers, > >> >> >> Tim > >> >> >> > >> >> >> -- > >> >> >> Juju mailing list > >> >> >> Juju@lists.ubuntu.com > >> >> >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > >> >> >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/juju > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > -- > >> >> > Juju mailing list > >> >> > Juju@lists.ubuntu.com > >> >> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > >> >> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/juju > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> Juju mailing list > >> >> Juju@lists.ubuntu.com > >> >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > >> >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/juju >
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