gitso

gitso [ --dev | --listen | --connect host | --list list | --low-colors | --version | --help ]

Gitso is a frontend to reverse VNC connections. It is meant to be a simple two-step process that connects one person to another's screen in the context of giving technical support.

--dev

Configures paths for running Gitso in the source tree.

--listen

Start Gitso and listen for incoming connections

--connect

Starts gitso and automatically connects to host which is an IP or domain name (address of support giver).

--list

Alternative support list, where list is either a URL of a remote file or path to local file.

--low-colors

Use 8bit colors (for slow connections).

--version

The current Gitso version.

--help

Display the help menu.

$HOME/.gitso-hosts /etc/gitso-hosts

gitso --list http://support.mydomain.com/techs.txt

Gets the list of technician IP's or DN's from techs.txt

gitso --list sanda.mydomain.com,aicha.mydomain.com

Adds these three entries to the list of support techs.

gitso --connect hank.mydomain.com

Automatically connects to hank.mydomain.com

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Aaron Gerber and Derek Buranen