RFC: Snappy shell

[Oliver Grawert]

hi,
Am Donnerstag, den 18.06.2015, 11:17 +0100 schrieb Mark Shuttleworth:

> > Snappy shell needs not be required for all snappy based images and/or needs
> > not be on port 22, it is rather an optional interface to snappy, much like
> > webdm is an useful tool and default web user experience.
> 
> Here I disagree; if it's worth doing, it's worth doing universally.
> 
> Personally, I think:
> 
>  * it's worth doing by default on all snappy systems
>  * the jump to a "normal Linux shell" needs to be crisp and obvious and easy
>  * interaction with SSH needs to be straightforward and well thought through for cloud and device instances of snappy

i think flexibility is key here...

what about people that want to use snappy instances with (potentially
proprietary and unconfigurable) tools that expect a proper shell on port
22 for operation ?

it is ok to have a snappy shell on port 22 for the general use-case but
we should have a switch for people deploying images to turn this off and
be able to use snappy in an old fashioned context of "just having ssh"
so these installs can still be operated in such environments.

ciao
	oli