GITSO

Section: Gitso (1)
Updated: October 2008
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NAME

gitso - Gitso is to support others  

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

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.  

OPTIONS

--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.

 

HOST FILES

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

 

EXAMPLES

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

 

SEE ALSO

x11vnc vncviewer

 

AUTHOR

Aaron Gerber and Derek Buranen


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
HOST FILES
EXAMPLES
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR