Blame SOURCES/0019-man-Mention-that-ssh-agent-can-be-useful.patch

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From 276012ea375fb760b53f83308774010621dde1f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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From: Christophe Fergeau <cfergeau@redhat.com>
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Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2016 17:29:47 +0100
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Subject: [PATCH virt-viewer] man: Mention that ssh-agent can be useful
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To: virt-tools-list@redhat.com
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When using a tunneled SPICE connection, the user will get a dozen
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authentication prompts if they are not using ssh-agent.
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1377283
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---
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 man/virt-viewer.pod | 9 +++++++++
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 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/man/virt-viewer.pod b/man/virt-viewer.pod
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index bd953ed..ad3e298 100644
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--- a/man/virt-viewer.pod
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+++ b/man/virt-viewer.pod
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@@ -179,6 +179,15 @@ To connect to a remote console using TLS
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    virt-viewer --connect xen://example.org/ demo
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 To connect to a remote host using SSH, lookup the guest config and
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+then make a tunnelled connection of the console
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+
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+   virt-viewer --connect qemu+ssh://root@example.org/system demo
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+
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+When using a SSH tunnel to connect to a SPICE console, it's recommended to
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+have ssh-agent running to avoid getting multiple authentication prompts.
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+
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+
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+To connect to a remote host using SSH, lookup the guest config and
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 then make a direct non-tunnelled connection of the console
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    virt-viewer --direct --connect xen+ssh://root@example.org/ demo
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-- 
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2.12.0
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