RemoteConnect
RemoteConnect["host"]
connects to the specified remote host.
RemoteConnect[IPAddress["address"]]
connects to the machine with the specified IP address.
RemoteConnect["host",username]
connects using the specified username for the remote host.
RemoteConnect["host",username,password]
connects using the specified username and password.
Details and Options
- RemoteConnect returns a RemoteConnectionObject.
- RemoteConnect["host"] prompts for a username and password.
- RemoteConnect["user@host"] prompts for a password only.
- RemoteConnect["user@host",password] can be used to specify both username and password.
- RemoteConnect will use an SSH agent for authentication if available.
- RemoteConnect allows the following options:
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Authentication $SSHAuthentication authentication parameters for the connection RemoteAuthorizationCaching False whether to use remote authorization caching - In the form Authentication->assoc, the association assoc can contain these keys:
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"Username" username to use for authentication "Password" password to use for authentication "SSHKey" ssh identity "SSHKeyPassword" passphrase string to used to decrypt SSHKey - An SSH identity can be given in the form "SSHKey"->File[ident], where ident is a file containing an SSH private key. It can also be given as "SSHKey"->"string", where "string" is an SSH private key.
- RemoteConnect["host",username,password] is equivalent to RemoteConnect["host",Authentication-><"Username"->username,"Password"->password>].
- With the setting RemoteAuthorizationCaching->True, RemoteConnect will cache authorization information remotely so as to allow passwordless connection.
Examples
open all close allBasic Examples (1)
Scope (1)
Options (4)
Authentication (3)
Use the Authentication option to provide a username and/or password:
Connect using an identity file for authentication:
Set a value for $SSHAuthentication:
Use the default authentication contained in $SSHAuthentication to connect:
RemoteAuthorizationCaching (1)
Use the RemoteAuthorizationCaching option to save a public key on the remote host:
Neat Examples (1)
Define a function that will run evaluations via wolframscript on a remote machine:
Evaluate $MachineName both locally and remotely:
Evaluate $MachineID both locally and remotely:
Text
Wolfram Research (2018), RemoteConnect, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/RemoteConnect.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2018. "RemoteConnect." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/RemoteConnect.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2018). RemoteConnect. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/RemoteConnect.html