[petsc-dev] WSL upgrade

[Jed Brown]

Satish Balay <balay at mcs.anl.gov> writes:

> On Wed, 12 Apr 2017, Jed Brown wrote:
>
>> >> The new blog claims that sshd works now, so it
>> >> must be possible to set up a Windows machine/VM so that we can ssh into
>> >> a bash shell.  That would vastly simplify the task of reproducing
>> >> Windows oddities.
>> >
>> > I'll have to check on that. From what I can recollect - a separate WSL
>> > would be required for each user - and the user account system is
>> > separate on WSL from windows accounts. So I wonder how sshd access
>> > would work. [and then figuring out how to get cl working via ssh]
>> 
>> We could make a petsc account and add our ssh keys, like we have done on
>> some other machines.
>
> https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/612
> https://wsl-forum.qztc.io/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=10
>
> There is quiet a bit of info there - it all looks hakey right
> now. [sshd is a user process - so the user has to be always logged in
> - and running sshd via 'bash application']
>
> And then there is 'ubuntu' account to maintain - and a different
> passwd to remember - each time any one of us needs to install ubuntu
> pacakges [with sudo] - so shared passwds?.
>
> I think its better to setup separate windows accounts (which requires
> a separate WSL for each user) - and use rdesktop (over sshd).
>
> But if you prefer ssh - I'll create a petsc account - and then run
> sshd from it for you.

If you used ssh, you would have been able to copy the error message into
your mail without transcription error.  I think ssh is way more
convenient.  But I guess it's not a big deal.
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