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Bug 603736 - ssh doesn't allow you to specify the remote username
ssh doesn't allow you to specify the remote username
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: vinagre
Classification: Applications
Component: SSH
git master
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: vinagre-maint
vinagre-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-12-03 21:38 UTC by Emilio Pozuelo Monfort
Modified: 2011-01-11 19:58 UTC
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Description Emilio Pozuelo Monfort 2009-12-03 21:38:32 UTC
[ From http://bugs.debian.org/557718 ]

"""for ssh connections, vinagre assumes that the username you want to log
in with on the remote machine is the same as your current username on
the local machine, and doesn't appear to offer any way of changing or
over-riding that."""


It may be possible to use .ssh/config or the host line to change the username, but it would be nice if you could do it from Vinagre's UI.

Maybe it's possible to use username@host (I haven't tried), but if it is it should be more obvious. I'd suggest to either say so below the GtkEntry, or have another entry for the username.
Comment 1 Jonh Wendell 2010-02-01 19:29:16 UTC
This problem has been fixed in the development version. The fix will be available in the next major software release. Thank you for your bug report.
Comment 2 Kamil Páral 2011-01-11 19:58:50 UTC
(In reply to comment #1)
> This problem has been fixed in the development version. The fix will be
> available in the next major software release. Thank you for your bug report.

What is "the next major software release", can you be more specific? Can you also be more specific what has been actually fixed and how?
Because it certainly does not work in Vinagre 2.30.2:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vinagre/+bug/585566

When I try to use SSH tunnel as user@host, I get "Can't find a free TCP port" error message. Even .ssh/config doesn't work.