Ubuntu to rename top level directories? - Page 2

DigitalDude · 03-04-2008, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by mehulved

Type names in ssh? Can you please explain, I didn't get you.

sorry I was blunt...

I was talking about managing my server through SSH terminal

cos of the latency its annoying to type long stuff

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mehulved · 03-04-2008, 03:05 PM

Use bash completion. Why was that created?
I always have a screen session running at home with irssi, elinks and mutt running within it. I ssh in from work or elsewhere attach the screen session and do my chatting, check mails, configure my systems. I find bash completion really helpful then. But, I still don't see why would new path names be a problem for ssh connections too, even with higher latencies.

DigitalDude · 04-04-2008, 02:03 AM

^^^^
I just use putty and do some small tasks occasionally on the server... for the major stuff there is lxadmin control panel

dont want to install stuff that I'm not familiar with and screw it off

I feel the latency is annoying.. typing and seeing the text after sometime is in the SSH window is awkward for me

but the server hosted in singapore used to have less latency like around 50ms which is gr8... but suddenly 2 months ago I was getting more ping in sg servers than the ones in US... I did watever I can but helpless.. airtel ppl say its prob with DNS... the datacenter ppl say its problem with ISP routing.. I went mad and finally cancelled the sg server

now all I have is US servers with 400ms+ latencies

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mediator · 04-04-2008, 12:35 PM

Even so, but the bash completion doesn't work with shell scripts, crons, editing confs etc. U can use copy/paste though, but it certainly becomes tedious. May be thats why they have '/etc/named.conf' as a shortcut pointing towards the actual '/var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf'

, I dunno. But I prefer the etc (former) one. Its the same situation, where we use 'ping SITE' instead of writing the complete path '/bin/ping SITE'. But neways thats their philosophy......Noob friendliness.