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Darth l33t: /* Unix/Linux with the OpenSSH client */ a more secure way to automate connection

2025-02-17T02:31:34Z

‎Unix/Linux with the OpenSSH client: a more secure way to automate connection

Darth l33t: /* Unix/Linux with the OpenSSH client */ it turns out neither set of double quotes was necessary

2025-02-16T19:00:16Z

‎Unix/Linux with the OpenSSH client: it turns out neither set of double quotes was necessary

Naf: Windows OpenSSH and Windows Terminal instructions

2024-06-01T19:49:57Z

Windows OpenSSH and Windows Terminal instructions

Darth l33t: /* Automatic Login */ MobaXterm

2022-12-14T16:56:59Z

‎Automatic Login: MobaXterm

Darth l33t: correct grammar and simplify OpenSSH connection

2022-11-05T14:19:08Z

correct grammar and simplify OpenSSH connection

Qt: /* Unix/Linux with OpenSSH client */ Emphasize difference between SET and SEND

2022-07-03T15:13:39Z

‎Unix/Linux with OpenSSH client: Emphasize difference between SET and SEND

Qt: Suggest SetEnv rather than SendEnv for setting DGLAUTH

2022-07-02T03:05:12Z

Suggest SetEnv rather than SendEnv for setting DGLAUTH

Mandevil: Make the info more generic.

2015-09-04T09:28:19Z

Make the info more generic.

Mandevil: /* Unix/Linux with OpenSSH client */

2015-09-04T09:27:13Z

‎Unix/Linux with OpenSSH client

Mandevil: Add info about automating login and create Installing section

2015-09-04T09:21:20Z

Add info about automating login and create Installing section

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    SetEnv DGLAUTH=YourName:Hard4t
-Then you can <code>ssh nao</code> or <code>ssh hdf</code>, and the correct connection settings will be used automatically.
+Then you can run <code>ssh nao</code> or <code>ssh hdf</code>, and the correct connection settings will be used automatically.
 ===Windows Terminal with the OpenSSH client===

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 ===Unix/Linux with the OpenSSH client===
-One simple way to send the appropriate environment variable is to create an alias in your .bashrc or .bash_aliases file to connect with the correct options:
+One simple way to send the appropriate environment variable is to create an alias in your <code>.bashrc</code> or <code>.bash_aliases</code> file to connect with the correct options:
-  alias nao='ssh -o SetEnv="DGLAUTH=YourName:Na0p4ss" nethack@nethack.alt.org'
+  alias nao='ssh -o SetEnv=DGLAUTH=YourName:Na0p4ss nethack@nethack.alt.org'
-  alias hdf='ssh -o SetEnv="DGLAUTH=YourName:Hard4t" nethack@hardfought.org'
+  alias hdf='ssh -o SetEnv=DGLAUTH=YourName:Hard4t nethack@hardfought.org'
 Another method is to create host sections in <code>~/.ssh/config</code>, for example:
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    Hostname nethack.alt.org
    User nethack
-   SetEnv DGLAUTH="YourName:Na0p4ss"
+   SetEnv DGLAUTH=YourName:Na0p4ss
   Host hdf
    Hostname hardfought.org
    User nethack
-   SetEnv DGLAUTH="YourName:Hard4t"
+   SetEnv DGLAUTH=YourName:Hard4t
-Then you can "ssh nao" or "ssh hdf", and the correct connection settings will be used automatically.
+Then you can <code>ssh nao</code> or <code>ssh hdf</code>, and the correct connection settings will be used automatically.
 ===Windows Terminal with the OpenSSH client===

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	Then you can "ssh nao" or "ssh hdf", and the correct connection settings will be used automatically.		Then you can "ssh nao" or "ssh hdf", and the correct connection settings will be used automatically.
		+
		+	===Windows Terminal with the OpenSSH client===
		+	Similarly to the previous section, you can also use OpenSSH in Windows Terminal, which comes standard on Windows 11 and recent builds of Windows 10.
		+
		+	Install the OpenSSH client with the following command in an ''elevated'' PowerShell window:
		+
		+	<nowiki>Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name "OpenSSH.Client~~~~0.0.1.0"</nowiki>
		+
		+	Then open Windows Terminal as a regular (non-elevated) user. Run the following command in PowerShell:
		+
		+	md $env:userprofile\.ssh
		+	notepad $env:userprofile\.ssh\config
		+
		+	Then you can proceed to paste one of the host sessions from the examples in the previous section.
		+
		+	Open Settings in Windows Terminal, and click on "Add a new profile". Name it appropriately, and use the command line (replacing "nao" with your session name):
		+
		+	ssh nao
		+
		+	Go through the rest of the settings there, tweaking the visual settings to your own preference. The Tango Dark color scheme avoids low-contrast colors such as dark blue on black.
		+
		+	When you're done, you can now open Windows Terminal and use the new tab dropdown to open the session. This configuration should work well with the curses symset and windowtype.

	==Installing==		==Installing==

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 Putting your login and password every time you want to connect to a dgamelaunch server is annoying. Luckily, there are simple ways of automating the process.
-===PuTTY===
+===[[PuTTY]]===
 If you want to use Telnet, in your saved session's configuration, go to <code>Connection > Data</code>, and in the section <code>Auto-login username</code> enter your credentials in the format "''yourname'':''yourpassword''" (without the quotes). An alternative method available under <code>Environment Variables</code> is to add a new variable '''USER''' and set its value to the same. Note that Telnet traffic is unencrypted and unauthenticated, so you risk exposing your credentials to an attacker snooping on your local network or the Internet.
 If you use the more secure SSH protocol, you will use the environment variable method as for Telnet, but the variable name is '''DGLAUTH'''. The value is the same. Also, set the <code>Auto-login username</code> to whatever your dgamelaunch server uses, typically ''nethack''.
 ===Unix/Linux with Telnet===

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-'''dgamelaunch''' is a program that manages user logins, game viewing and launching NetHack on [[nethack.alt.org]] and some other servers. It was originally written by Drew Streib, but has been expanded by several other people.
+'''dgamelaunch''' is a program that manages user logins, game viewing and launching NetHack on [[public server]]s such as [[nethack.alt.org]]. It was originally written by Drew Streib, but has been expanded by several other people.
 Dgamelaunch also supports [[dgamelaunch mail]].
 ==Automatic Login==
-Putting your login and password everytime you want to connect to a dgamelaunch server is annoying. Luckily, there are simple ways of automating the process.
+Putting your login and password every time you want to connect to a dgamelaunch server is annoying. Luckily, there are simple ways of automating the process.
 ===PuTTY===
-If you want to use telnet (which you shouldn't), in configuration go to <code>Connection > Data</code> and in the section <code>Environment Variables</code> add new variable '''USER''' and set its value to "''yourname'':''yourpassword''" (without the quotes).
+If you want to use Telnet, in your saved session's configuration, go to <code>Connection > Data</code>, and in the section <code>Auto-login username</code> enter your credentials in the format "''yourname'':''yourpassword''" (without the quotes). An alternative method available under <code>Environment Variables</code> is to add a new variable '''USER''' and set its value to the same. Note that Telnet traffic is unencrypted and unauthenticated, so you risk exposing your credentials to an attacker snooping on your local network or the Internet.
-If you use SSH protocol, you will use the same method as for telnet, but the variable is '''DGLAUTH'''. The value is the same. Also, set the <code>Auto-login username</code> to whatever your dgamelaunch server uses, typically '''nethack'''.
+If you use the more secure SSH protocol, you will use the environment variable method as for Telnet, but the variable name is '''DGLAUTH'''. The value is the same. Also, set the <code>Auto-login username</code> to whatever your dgamelaunch server uses, typically ''nethack''.
-===Unix/Linux with telnet===
+===Unix/Linux with Telnet===
 Use following command:
   telnet -l ''yourname'':''yourpassword'' hostname
-===Unix/Linux with OpenSSH client===
+===Unix/Linux with the OpenSSH client===
-In your <code>~/.ssh/config</code> create a section for your server; here we give example for [[NAO]]:
+One simple way to send the appropriate environment variable is to create an alias in your .bashrc or .bash_aliases file to connect with the correct options:
-  Host nao
+  alias nao='ssh -o SetEnv="DGLAUTH=YourName:Na0p4ss" nethack@nethack.alt.org'
-  Hostname nethack.alt.org
+ alias hdf='ssh -o SetEnv="DGLAUTH=YourName:Hard4t" nethack@hardfought.org'
-As an alternative to using a script or <code>~/.ssh/environment</code>, the <code>SetEnv</code> option can be used to set the value of <code>DGLAUTH</code> directly for each public server from <code>~/.ssh/config</code>, for example:
+Another method is to create host sections in <code>~/.ssh/config</code>, for example:
   Host nao
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    SetEnv DGLAUTH="YourName:Hard4t"
-Note the difference between <b>Set</b>Env, which allows you to set the variable directly in <code>~/.ssh/config</code>, and <b>Send</b>Env, which transmits the current value of the environment variable.
+Then you can "ssh nao" or "ssh hdf", and the correct connection settings will be used automatically.
 ==Installing==

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	SetEnv DGLAUTH="YourName:Hard4t"		SetEnv DGLAUTH="YourName:Hard4t"

		+	Note the difference between <b>Set</b>Env, which allows you to set the variable directly in <code>~/.ssh/config</code>, and <b>Send</b>Env, which transmits the current value of the environment variable.

	==Installing==		==Installing==

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 ===Unix/Linux with OpenSSH client===
-In your <code>.ssh/config</code> create a section for NAO:
+In your <code>.ssh/config</code> create a section for your server; here we give example for [[NAO]]:
   Host nao

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 '''dgamelaunch''' is a program that manages user logins, game viewing and launching NetHack on [[nethack.alt.org]] and some other servers. It was originally written by Drew Streib, but has been expanded by several other people.
-You can download the sources from http://alt.org/nethack/dgamelaunch/ or you can get the development version from the [http://github.com/paxed/dgamelaunch git repository] by using the following command.
+Dgamelaunch also supports [[dgamelaunch mail]].
- <nowiki>git clone git://github.com/paxed/dgamelaunch.git</nowiki>
+Now you need to define the '''DGLAUTH''' environment variable to contain "''yourname'':''yourpassword''". One way is to simply create a short shell script for it:
-Dgamelaunch supports autologin. For example, the following would connect to nethack.alt.org and automatically login with username <tt>user</tt> and password <tt>pass</tt>.
+ #!/bin/sh
- telnet -l user:pass nethack.alt.org
+Alternatively, you can define the variable in <code>.ssh/environment</code>, but make sure the ssh client is not sending it to other hosts you connect to. This method is unfortunately unsuitable when you are using different passwords for different dgamelaunch sites (as you should).
-Dgamelaunch also supports [[dgamelaunch mail]].
+==Installing==
 For the SVN version setup, see [[User:Paxed/HowTo setup dgamelaunch]].