03-28-2011
Not a very good idea, each server should have it's own password. If you are sending root passwords via email or SMS you are going to have heaps of trouble at your next security audit.
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bssh
bssh/bvnc/bshell(1) General Commands Manual bssh/bvnc/bshell(1)
NAME
bssh/bvnc/bshell - Browse for SSH/VNC servers on the local network
SYNOPSIS
bssh
bvnc
bshell
DESCRIPTION
bssh/bvnc/bshell browses for SSH/VNC servers on the local network, shows them in a GUI for the user to select one and finally calls
ssh/vncviewer after a selection was made.
If the binary is called as bssh only ssh servers will be shown. If the binary is called as bvnc only VNC servers will be shown. If the
binary is called as bshell both VNC and SSH servers are shown.
OPTIONS
-s | --ssh
Browse for SSH servers (and only SSH servers) regardless under which name the binary is called.
-v | --vnc
Browse for VNC servers (and only VNC servers) regardless under which name the binary is called.
-S | --shell
Browse for both VNC and SSH servers regardless under which name the binary is called.
-d | --domain= DOMAIN
Browse in the specified domain. If omitted bssh/bvnc/bshell will browse in the default browsing domain (usually .local)
-h | --help
Show help.
SEE ALSO
avahi-browse(1), ssh(1), vncviewer(1)
COMMENTS
This man page was written using xml2man(1) by Oliver Kurth.
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