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Login Panel
You can initiate a remote connection by bringing up the Login Panel.
(Remote/Open Connection/New menu):
1. Protocol:
Decides how RBrowser will talk to the remote host:
UNIX/SSH: With this protocol RBrowser can only connect to those hosts which have the full compliment of UNIX utilities installed. In this protocol, RBrowser actually talks to Bourne (or compatible) shell on the remote host. This is why there is no need for any custom software on the remote system, but the shell also has some limitations.
FTP: With this protocol, RBrowser can connect (in theory) any machine with at least a halfway decent FTP server. This protocol is not as rich as UNIX, so you won't allow you to do some file operations, like compress, but they all have the basics: Copying files back and forth, listing directories, etc...
2. Host: name (or IP address) of the remote host you want to log on.
3. Username/Password: Login information for the remote host defined above.
4. Account:
This field is enabled only for FTP connections. Some FTP servers have a three step login authentication: user, password and account. If you are connecting to one of these, use this field to enter the account info.5. Directory:
After a successful login RBrowser will try to load the directory specified.6. Login Options:
Load Home Only and Passive FTP are the same as the buttons on the Connection Preferences Panel . The reason why they are also on the login panel is that you need to define these before you log in for the first time.
5. Edit Preferences:
This button enables you to alter certain parameters RBrowser will use to communicate with the remote host. In order to use this feature, The Host and Username MUST be filled in. Depending on the protocol chosen, either the FTP Preferences Panel or the UNIX Preferences Panel will come up. Some of the choices made on the Connection Preferences Panel will effect the login process greatly. For instance, you can decide ahead of time whether or not RBrowser will display the entire file system of the remote host or just the homedirectory on down.
6. Connection List:
This pulldown list is the same as the list shown under the Remote/Open Connection menu. It is here for convenience. If you select one connection from this list, it will auto-fill all the fields in the Login Panel.
7. Save Password:
If checked, RBrowser will save your password (in encrypted form) in the preferences file for this connection. Next time this connection is selected from the list, the password (along with all other fields in the Login Panel) will be auto-filled.
8. Login:
(Finally...) Hit this button to start the login process.
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