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authorSean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>2021-08-25 10:33:15 -0700
committerSean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>2021-08-25 10:34:00 -0700
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mention ssh(1) ControlPersist & add idea about making it automatic
Signed-off-by: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
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diff --git a/doc/ideas.rst b/doc/ideas.rst
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@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ Connections
daemons might only be accessible over VPNs and the like, however, so it will
need to be easy to override this.
+- Perhaps ``:SSH`` ought to enable connection sharing (including
+ ``ControlPersist``) on the user's behalf, rather than relying on users
+ adding this to ``~/.ssh/config``.
+
Core
----
diff --git a/doc/introduction.rst b/doc/introduction.rst
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--- a/doc/introduction.rst
+++ b/doc/introduction.rst
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Try it out / quick start
This assumes that you have your SSH agent etc. set up such that you can
ssh to root on athena without having to type a password into ssh's stdin.
- You should also enable SSH connection sharing.
+ You should also enable SSH connection sharing, including ``ControlPersist``.
5. Get a Lisp REPL started up -- ``M-x slime`` in Emacs or ``sbcl`` at a shell
prompt. Evaluate ``(asdf:load-system "com.example.consfig")``, then