Problem

Questions on starting Acs on a remote host from the Acs Command Center

Solution

Q: How can I use public-key authentication?

Either choose Expert->ssh mode->Native ssh in Command Center's Gui,

or set the Java system property ZLegacy/ACS.AcsCommandCenter.useNativeSSH=true before running Command Center,

or specify the command line switch "-useNativeSSH" to the acscommandcenter command.

Details are described in the User Guide

Q: I'm using native ssh, and my connection attempt seems to get stuck

Maybe your native ssh is prompting you for a password on the console. Check whether you see a password prompt on the X-Terminal that you used to start command center. If this is the case, you may get rid of this issue by configuring your native ssh for public-key authentication.

Q: Can I use native ssh on windows, too?

You can, clients are available for almost all platforms. See http://openssh.org for information and downloads.