Pine, IMAP, and SSH (SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Gu...

Pine, IMAP, and SSH (SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide)of 8http://www.hn.edu.cn/book/NetWork/NetworkingBookshelf_2ndEd/ssh...8/3/2005 2:16 PMRemote Usernames in PineBy the way, it's not mentioned in the Pine manpage or configuration file comments, but if youneed to specify a different username for connecting to a remote mailbox, the syntax is:{hostname/user=jane}mailboxThis causes Pine to call the rsh-command with "jane" as the remote username (i.e., the third%s substitution).Generally, you want to use an SSH authentication method that doesn't require typing a password orpassphrase, such as trusted-host or public-key with an agent. SSH is run behind the scenes by Pine anddoesn't have access to the terminal to prompt you. If you're running the X Window System, ssh can pop upan X widget instead to get input, ssh-askpass, but you probably don't want that either. Pine may makeseveral separate IMAP connections in the course of reading your mail, even if it's all on the same server. Thisis just how the IMAP protocol works.With the previous settings in your ~/.pinerc file and the right kind of SSH authentication in place, you'reready to try Pine over SSH. Just start Pine and open your remote mailbox; if all goes well, it will openwithout prompting for a password.