[petsc-dev] WSL upgrade

[Satish Balay]

On Thu, 13 Apr 2017, Jed Brown wrote:

> 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.

Well you can't run notpad via ssh to do that test - so no
'non-copy'able GUIs - so yeah - you avoid this problem entirely [by
skipping running stuff]

Wrt cmd/bash terminals - copy/paste works between terminals - and
across rdesktop to linux mailer [as I've done in my prior responses]

Satish