On Mon 02 Sep 2019 at 06:50:34 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 02 September 2019 03:10:08 Felix Miata wrote: > > Gene Heskett composed on 2019-09-02 02:55 (UTC-0400): > > > That half a screen height jump is a huge distraction. > > > > It would if it happened here, but what half a screen jump? An up or > > down arrow is three lines here, would be one, like it used to be, if I > > could find a way to undo the intentional regression. > > The scroll jump has always been ten or more lines here, very distracting > when the terminal is fill screen and 10 point type. Takes my eyes a good > half second to find the cursor again. There are much better editors, > like geany, but x won't let geany run as root over an ssh connection. > Thats BS. > > Since wheezy, the security paranoia knows no limits and does not care how > inconvenient they make it for the user. I am the ONLY user here, get > this #@$%&^ crap out of my way!!! I used to be able to reboot a remote > machine and could continue working via ssh 30 seconds later even if it > took a root session to proceed. > > But no, someone has decreed that ssh isn't to be started until someone > has gone to that machines own keyboard and logged in now. Then they > decided ssh wasn't allowed to use x facilities as root. > > So if I'm working on a machine out in the shed on the hill, writing > g-code to make an armstrong bolt out of a piece of 1" square bar stock, > I have to get dressed including shoes for snow in the winter, climb the > hill and log back in on that machines own keyboard before I can access > that machine over an ssh connection from a warm and comfortable office > chair here in the house. I'd like to make the person who thought that > was a good idea, do that a few dozen times. > > Sorry Felix, something pulled my trigger.
I don't understand all this (apart from the first bit, commented on separately). ssh comes up without any fuss at all. It always has done. Just to show you, I did the following: closed down agog, booted it up again (waking it through the wired ethernet interface), unlocked the encrypted /home partition, and logged in again as myself; all done without getting out of my armchair. (The first login is to a pseudo-user whose home directory and .bash_profile is in /var/local/home/unlock/.bash_profile, and which unlocks and mounts /home, and logs out, all automatically.) Here's what I see on my screen as it all takes place: agog!david 10:55:24 ~ $ agog!david 10:55:39 ~ $ sudo /root/shutdown Connection to agog closed by remote host. Connection to agog closed. 255 wren!david 10:55:57 ~ $ 255 wren!david 10:56:05 ~ $ agog-wake Sending magic packet to 255.255.255.255:9 with 00:13:72:83:33:2a wren!david 10:56:15 ~ $ agog-unlock Mon Sep 2 10:56:40 CDT 2019 ssh: connect to host agog port 22: No route to host 255 wren!david 10:56:58 ~ $ 255 wren!david 10:57:28 ~ $ agog-unlock Mon Sep 2 10:57:33 CDT 2019 Linux agog 4.19.0-5-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.37-5+deb10u2 (2019-08-08) x86_64 The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software; the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright. Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by applicable law. Last login: Mon Sep 2 10:42:44 2019 from 192.168.1.17 (This is /var/local/home/unlock/.bash_profile 2019 February 19) Passphrase: Unlocked /dev/sda6 as /dev/dm-0. /home is now mounted Connection to agog closed. wren!david 10:57:51 ~ $ agog Mon Sep 2 10:57:55 CDT 2019 Linux agog 4.19.0-5-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.37-5+deb10u2 (2019-08-08) x86_64 The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software; the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright. Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by applicable law. You have new mail. Last login: Mon Sep 2 10:43:05 2019 from 192.168.1.17 (This is /home/david/.bash_profile 2019 August 23) (This is /home/david/.bashrc 2019 August 23 on /dev/sdb5) (This is /home/david/.bash-1-agog 2019 January 26 on buster) (This is /home/david/.bash-u-usbs 2019 July 28) (This is /home/david/.bash-t-transfers 2019 June 17 enp2s0) (This is /home/david/.bash-w-web 2019 August 15) (This is /home/david/.bash-9-agog 2019 May 02) agog!david 10:57:57 ~ $ uptime 10:58:01 up 1 min, 1 user, load average: 2.22, 0.93, 0.34 agog!david 10:58:01 ~ $ Cheers, David.
