                         FarScp plugin for FAR manager.

                       Copyright (c) 2001,2002 Andrew Bekefi.


 How to install and configure connection:
  1. Exit from all FAR copies.
  2. Run "Windows Explorer"
  3. Make SCP folder in FAR\Plugin directory
  4. Copy files from this archive to SCP folder
  5. Download and install Simon Tatham's Putty software
     (http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty)
  6. If SSH server where you want to connect to uses RSA
     authentication start Pageant.exe and add your private key
     to it. If SSH server uses only password authentication
     see step 7.
  7. Run Far and in "File panels" press ALT+F1/F2 (or F11) and 
     select SCP client. Press Shift+F4 and type in your SSH URL in 
     the form username@host:port/directory. You can type your password
     in the next input box if SSH server uses password authentication.
     Press ALT+A and type in the path of putty and plink exe.
     Press 'Test connection'. If test has finished successfully
     you can use this plugin.


 KNOWN PROBLEMS, MISCALLENOUS COMMENTS:

  - Example for "User profile" parameter:
    . /home/guest/.profile
    Be sure to type "." before your script name, because environment
    settings remain visible only in this way.
 
  - I compiled this plugin with Far 1.70 beta 4. This version doesn't
    work with earlier Far vesions !

  - I've made this plugin for my personal use only and it's
  really under construction. I use it on 
  MS Windows NT Server 4.0 and it seems stable. Plugin works on 
  Windows ME and Win2K too. 

  - There is no help available. (I will write it but I have other
  projects too !) But I think FAR users will find out how can
  it be used !

  - I connect with this plugin to SSH1 and SSH2 protocols with
  password and RSA authentication too.

  - Speed: plugin runs fast enough with password authentication,
  but it slow a bit with RSA authentication. (Plugin starts
  new ssh session for every operation - changing directory,
  view file, edit file - and 3DES crypting method has high
  costs, it needs a lot of calculation.)

  - Plugin has every limitation what Putty has.

  - Plugin doesn't store any password neither in file nor in
  registry. 

  - Plugin sends command line directly to SSH server. But you
  can't use pipe and input/output redirection. A workaround
  for output redirection when you start command with a preceding
  '>' character. In this way output will be visible in a far
  editor window. 
	  Example:
  		Prompt: cica>
		  Type: >ps -fe
		Now command line looks: cica>>ps -fe
		Press ENTER and an editor window will open with
		tasklist in it.

  - I've learnt russion about 10 years (I'm hungarian) but I 
  don't remember it so I cound't write ..._ru.hlf and ..._ru.lng 
  files. Sorry !



  All bugs reports and your wishes send to: farscp@yahoo.com
  (Please send a mail if you use this plugin !)
  (english or hungarian please)

  FarScp Home page:         http://www.geocities.com/farscp

  Andrew Bekefi                                           May 29 2002
