ssh and vi question

Michael Beattie mtbeedee at gmail.com
Mon Nov 14 18:09:40 UTC 2005


On 11/14/05, Michael Beattie <mtbeedee at gmail.com> wrote:
> I just installed FC4 (minimal install) and I went to do some of the
> things that I do when I just install a new machine.  I copy over my
> id_rsa.pub so that I can ssh to it without a password.  For some
> reason though it always asks me for a password.  I have tried changing
> the sshd_config but I just cant get it to work.  What is it that I
> need to change in this config to make it work?  What am I missing?
>
> Also, when doing this I noticed that vi syntax highlighting wasnt
> working.  I checked my $TERM and set it to xterm-color.  Also, there's
> no vim package... there's like vim-common and vim-enhanced and stuff.
> Which one is it that I need to install to get syntax highlighting to
> work?
>
> Thanks
>

I just figured out the answer to my own vi question.  The answer is
vim-enhanced and you need to run vim from the command line because
/bin/vi doesnt link to /usr/bin/vim.




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