MOSH(1) General Commands Manual MOSH(1)
NAME
mosh-client - client-side helper for mosh
SYNOPSIS
MOSH_KEY=KEY mosh-client [-v] IP PORT
mosh-client -c
DESCRIPTION
mosh-client is a helper program for the mosh(1) remote terminal applica-
tion.
mosh itself is a setup script that establishes an SSH connection, runs
the server-side helper mosh-server, and collects the server's port num-
ber and session key.
mosh then executes mosh-client with the server's IP address, port, and
session key. mosh-client runs for the lifetime of the connection.
The 22-byte base64 session key given by mosh-server is supplied in the
MOSH_KEY environment variable. This represents a 128-bit AES key that
protects the integrity and confidentiality of the session.
For constructing new setup wrappers for remote execution facilities
other than SSH, it may be necessary to invoke mosh-client directly.
With the -c option, mosh-client instead prints the number of colors of
the terminal given by the TERM environment variable.
The -v option will print some debugging information on standard error.
More instances of this flag will result in more debugging information.
If standard error is not redirected from the terminal, the display will
be corrupted and quickly become unusable.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
MOSH_KEY
This variable must be set, and must contain a Base64-encoded
cryptographic key from mosh-server(1).
MOSH_ESCAPE_KEY
See mosh(1).
MOSH_PREDICTION_DISPLAY
Controls local echo as described in mosh(1).
MOSH_PREDICTION_OVERWRITE
Controls local echo insert/overwrite as described in mosh(1).
MOSH_TITLE_NOPREFIX
See mosh(1).
SEE ALSO
mosh(1), mosh-server(1).
Project home page: https://mosh.org
AUTHOR
mosh was written by Keith Winstein <mosh-devel@mit.edu>.
BUGS
Please report bugs to mosh-devel@mit.edu. Users may also subscribe to
the mosh-users@mit.edu mailing list, at
http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/mosh-users
February 2012 MOSH(1)
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