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