[Paraview-developers] xterm -e ssh for windows and mac

[Moreland, Kenneth]

All in all, having the terminal stick around seems like a minor inconvenience. Plus if it bothers a user they can change the settings to close the terminal windows automatically (http://superuser.com/questions/16470/how-can-i-make-the-terminal-window-close-automatically-on-os-x).

-Ken

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Subject: RE: [Paraview-developers] xterm -e ssh for windows and mac

I haven't tried Putty, but that is a good idea.  Even if we don't include Putty with the binaries, we could at least document how to get it and add it into the ParaView tree.

Yes, Terminal works for Mac.  The one thing I don't like about it is that it is impossible to close the terminal automagically when you are done.  The user has to manually close it.

Alan

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Subject: RE: [Paraview-developers] xterm -e ssh for windows and mac

Here are a couple of simple solutions that might be easier than implement our own ssh client in ParaView.

For Windows: Consider putty (http://www.putty.org/). It is a small (and I believe reasonably well maintained) ssh client for Windows. It opens its own terminal window, so entering username/password is not a concern. It could be distributed with binaries, although I would consult a lawyer before exporting it outside the U.S.

For Mac: Mac comes with ssh. It also comes with the "Termial" program that allows you to run programs and interact with standard input and output with X11 running. The trick is just to run ssh from within the Terminal program. You should be able to do that by creating a shell script with the extension ".command" that calls ssh how you want it. Then make the script executable (chmod a+x ...) and invoke it with the open command (which also comes with Mac OS).

-Ken

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Subject: [EXTERNAL] [Paraview-developers] xterm -e ssh for windows and mac

As I mentioned at our Sandia/ LANL/Kitware quarterly, we need some solution in order to allow users to connect Windows and OSX ParaView to pvserver running on a cluster.  It needs to be better than our current solution of arm waving and ignoring the issue.  On Linux, this is done with an xterm and ssh.  Currently, Sandia has a custom solution (that is out of date and hard to build). I would rather have a common solution, and the global user community needs a solution.

To start the discussion, I see one of two paths we can take:

*         Kitware provide a solution built into ParaView.

*         Kitware provide detailed instructions on the Wiki for users to build this themselves.

Where do we go from here?

Alan

p.s. - I think I included everyone needed for the discussion.  If I missed anyone, feel free to add them.

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