Re: [tlug] VNC, secure or better options?

[Dave M G <dave@example.com>]

Curt, Scott, Christian,

Thanks for replying

Curt said:
> ... you might
> want to consider just ssh'ing into the machine with X11 forwarding
> enabled, and running the program directly.

Sweet! I figured out how to get SSH enabled with X11 forwarding, and it 
it runs very smoothly. Very cool.

I'm wondering if there's a way I can tighten up the process. Right now I 
run the command:

$ ssh -X username@example.com

Which then asks for a password. And then when I'm logged in I run:

$ amarok

I wanted to try to bundle everything up so I could just run one command 
to start up Amarok, but I learned that I had to configure SSH to allow 
for logins without passwords.

I found this page:
http://www.astro.caltech.edu/~mbonati/WIRC/manual/DATARED/setting_up_no-password_ssh.html

... and dutifully followed the instructions.

But SSH still asks for a password. I think this is because I'm logged in 
as "dave" on my client machine, but I want to log in as "media" when I 
connect to the server machine.

I may be wrong about what the problem is, but how do I set the key up so 
that it's got the right user name as well as the password?

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Dave M G
http://www.tlug.jp/wiki/User:Dave_M_G