[kde-linux] kde status

[Anne Wilson]

On Friday 27 February 2009 20:13:54 Kevin Krammer wrote:
> On Friday 27 February 2009, Erbureth wrote:
> > > Oops - I forgot about this.  No, it was Konqueror.  I tried to use
> > > fish:// to access my home directory on a remote box.  This laptop with
> > > 4.1.3 could do it. The netbook with 4.2 couldn't and gave that "refused
> > > to allow this computer to make a connection" messagge.
> >
> > Have you tried using sftp:// instead of fish://? Saved me from lots of
> > troubles with connecting to my school's server.
>
> While sftp is definitely preferable over fish, it needs a respective SSH
> server setup, i.e. sftp needs to be enabled in its config.
>
> > PS: Isn't sshfs a better option?
>
> Depends.
> The KIO way allows applications to understand that they are not dealing
> with a local file, e.g. decide not to use blocking read calls, expect data
> to come in portions or be interrupted etc.
>
Kevin - clarification, please.  I thought fish: was using ssh?  The reason I 
ask is that my Fedora10 netbook can connect by ssh but not by fish:

Anne
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