Did you allow your mac to accept remote logins? This is done in system preferences, sharing. It also shows the format of the ssh command. This command looks like”: ssh user@computer-name When prompted for the password you would enter the password for your mac user.
HTH Chris > On Feb 7, 2018, at 2:59 PM, Bill Gallik <[email protected]> wrote: > > I wonder, are you using the <ENTER> key after typing in your password? > > My thought is that you may need to terminate the password string with a line > feed rather than a carriage return (<CONTROL>M rather than <CONTROL>J). > > It’s been a lot of years since I worked on a UNIX system, but if memory > serves me correctly the carriage return and the line feed are treated as > different animals. > > I think you may be able to use the line feed by entering <BACKSLASH>M. > > I’d be curious if this helps, please let me know? > > HTH > > **************** > - Bill from Ino, Wisconsin > - "Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their > guard and give you an opportunity to commit more." > - US Humorist, Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) > > On Feb 7, 2018, at 1:37 PM, Anders Holmberg <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hi! > I have a Linux machine with braille and i want to perform tasks on my macbook > air using ssh from that linux machine since terminal and voiceover isn’t the > best combination. > I have not compiled brltty yet onto the mac so i have to ssh into it. > However when i type ssh and then the ip addres i am asked for the password. > I enter the password and press enter. > Then i am asked for the password again and i enter it again and so on. > I know there’s something wrong i do but i can not figure out what. > SSH is not blocked on my network so it should work. > I am not really familiar with setting up public keys even though this might > be the best. > Can anyone please help me out? > Thanks in advance. > /A > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> and your owner is Cara > Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you > can reach Cara at [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
