Re: How to use SSH tunnels with pgAdmin?

Thanks, Wolfgang.  I'll give that a try when I get a chance.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wolfgang Pasche [mailto:pasche.wolfgang@kabelmail.de]
> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 2:41 PM
> To: Ken Winter
> Cc: 'Josh Berkus'; 'pgAdmin Support List'
> Subject: Re: [pgadmin-support] How to use SSH tunnels with pgAdmin?
>
> Hi Ken,
>
> a possibly not too bad workaround could be to config a Putty session with
> automatic login, no shell,
> minimized window (such as 2 lines, 20 chars), using a key instead of
> password for authentication
> (config window SSH/auth). Then create a shortcut which calls Putty with a
> session parameter.
> In this case, you only have to double click the shortcut icon and wait
> some seconds before using
> PgAdmin. The complete session start incl. login is done automatically.
>
> Regards
> Wolfgang Pasche
> Hamburg, Germany
>
>
> Ken Winter schrieb:
> > I've been using a tunneled connection (with a keep-alive signal every 15
> > sec) for a couple of weeks now, and it's solid as a rock.
> >
> > It's inconvenient to have to manually bring up PuTTY and log in every
> time
> > before using pgAdmin, but I hear that you have an automatic connection
> > feature on your to-do list; that would be very welcome.
> >
> > ~ Thanks to all for your help
> > ~ Ken
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: pgadmin-support-owner@postgresql.org [mailto:pgadmin-support-
> >> owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Josh Berkus
> >> Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 3:46 PM
> >> To: Ken Winter
> >> Cc: pgAdmin Support List
> >> Subject: Re: [pgadmin-support] How to use SSH tunnels with pgAdmin?
> >>
> >>
> >>> My problem is, I don't know how to set up pgAdmin to use my SSH
> package
> >>> (PuTTY).  At least I think that's my problem.  Can you help?
> >> If regular port 5432 connections to your server are being dropped
> >> frequently, then I'm not sure an SSH tunneled connection is going to
> >> help you.  Any network flakiness would affect it equally.
> >>
> >> Unless the connections are being dropped for some other reason?
> >>
> >> --Josh Berkus
> >>
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