ssh2 in xterm problem
I have the Windows version of ssh2 (SSHWinClient-3.1.0-build235 from ssh.com) installed. Besides the Windows GUI client, there is also a command line client ssh2. This works well from the Cygwin login shell. But when I call it from an xterm shell in XFree86-4.2.0, the password prompt appears not in this shell but in the login shell from which X was started. I tried to enter the password there but without any effect. When I enter the password in the xterm, it is echoed and has no effect either. What is the reason for this strange behaviour, and can it be circumvented? (Well, don't tell me I could install openssh; this seems to indicate a basic problem to be solved!)
RE: ssh2 in xterm problem
Hans, That sounds like normal behavior for Windows applications. ssh2 would have to be *specifically* designed in order to be usable from an xterm in Cygwin/XFree86. The reason that it runs in a Cygwin shell is that the Cygwin shell is actually an MS command prompt that is running bash... but the xterm is not an instance of an MS command prompt, so ssh2 no longer runs. I hope that makes sense. Harold -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Hans Werner Strube Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 4:19 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ssh2 in xterm problem I have the Windows version of ssh2 (SSHWinClient-3.1.0-build235 from ssh.com) installed. Besides the Windows GUI client, there is also a command line client ssh2. This works well from the Cygwin login shell. But when I call it from an xterm shell in XFree86-4.2.0, the password prompt appears not in this shell but in the login shell from which X was started. I tried to enter the password there but without any effect. When I enter the password in the xterm, it is echoed and has no effect either. What is the reason for this strange behaviour, and can it be circumvented? (Well, don't tell me I could install openssh; this seems to indicate a basic problem to be solved!)
RE: ssh2 in xterm problem
Hans, Don't forget to cc the list in all replies. Harold -Original Message- From: Hans Werner Strube [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 12:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: ssh2 in xterm problem That sounds like normal behavior for Windows applications. ssh2 would have to be *specifically* designed in order to be usable from an xterm in Cygwin/XFree86. The reason that it runs in a Cygwin shell is that the Cygwin shell is actually an MS command prompt that is running bash... but the xterm is not an instance of an MS command prompt, so ssh2 no longer runs. I hope that makes sense. This sounds plausible. But ssh2 no longer runs is not true, it runs but outputs its prompt to the Cygwin shell and can be killed by ^C in the xterm shell. But why can it write to the Cygwin shell but not read the password from there? (BTW, as an easy workaround I can set the DISPLAY environment in the Cygwin shell and call ssh2 from there. Remote X clients then appear in the Cygwin X window.)
