[svlug] Best FTP Server
Anthony Ettinger
aettinger at sdsualumni.org
Thu Mar 9 11:50:43 PST 2006
On 3/9/06, Dan Martinez <dfm at razorwind.org> wrote:
> Akkana Peck wrote:
>
> > Is there a Linux client that can give an interactive shell with
> > autocompletion, like ncftp, over an ssh link? And store password
> > and initial directory settings?
>
> The amazing bash-completion package, when used in conjunction with
> ssh-agent, will actually provide something very close to this.
> Tab-complete a target on a remote host that your ssh-agent holds the
> necessary keys to log into, and the bash completion function will
> actually connect to the remote host long enough to fetch useful
> completion data. It's spookily cool.
>
> Dan
>
Wow, any idea how to set this up? I have bash and ssh already. What's the trick.
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