>
> (I still don't see how, from either the manual page or the on-line help,
> that I can even tell kermit to popen("ssh") and use that as the
> communications channel.)
I would suggest that you get a modern version of Kermit and read the
manual.
> In any case, why don't you post patches to SSH that allow it to work
> without a controlling terminal when it doesn't need to request a
> password from the user? (or perhaps you or someone else has and I
> missed seeing them...)
I am a U.S. citizen and I am legally prohibited from posting said
patches.
> Alternately why don't you change kermit so that it has all the smarts
> about how to invoke ssh with appropriate port forwarding so that the
> user need only "SET NETWORK TYPE SSH" and "CONNECT"?
You can do it with the Kermit script language. You do not need a SET
NETWORK TYPE SSH.
> Even better why not implement the SSH-v2 protocol right in Kermit and it
> could be the SSH client of choice for the masses?
I would except that I couldn't export it or freely distribute the
Kermit source code once I added this support.
Jeffrey Altman * Sr.Software Designer * Kermit-95 for Win32 and OS/2
The Kermit Project * Columbia University
612 West 115th St #716 * New York, NY * 10025
http://www.kermit-project.org/k95.html * [EMAIL PROTECTED]
