You can find SSHKeychain here.

quote:

On Demand

You no longer have to cancel your ssh request because you forgot to load your keys.
Because SSHKeychain acts as a gateway between you and the agent, it can automatically add keys when you need them. SSH will just pause for a few seconds, and you’ll be on your way.

Apple Keychain Integration

SSHKeychain integrates with the Apple Keychain. All key passphrases can be stored, and you can use all your keys just by unlocking the Keychain.

(Portable) Safety

Options have been implemented to keep your SSH keys safe from harm. Keys can be automatically removed when your computer goes to sleep, when the Apple Keychain is locked, or when your screensaver kicks in.

Tunnel Support

SSHKeychain can also forward local ports over a ssh connection. Tunnels can be launched automatically when your keys are loaded, or from a menu item.

Macupdate about it…… for some user feedback

I have tried to install it today and the installer failed. Well thats an event, cause it does not happen that often

Guess the application is JUST NOT 10.5 ready.

Macports should offer a similar solution.

Just found another application for the fun-category called: Cmatrix

Quote from the project page at Sourceforge.net

CMatrix simulates the display from “The Matrix” and is based on the screensaver from the movie’s website. It works with terminal settings up to 132×300 and can scroll lines all at the same rate or asynchronously and at a user-defined speed.

As Mac-User you can get cmatrix via MacPorts

As i am used to several MacPorts based apps, X11. is one of my daily login items.

I was always wondering if there is a “hack” to get X11 closed while shutdown without having that “are-you-sure” dialog.

Yes there is:

1. Open X11.app
2. Open Terminal.app
3. In Terminal enter:
   1. To disable the dialog:
      1. defaults write com.apple.x11 no_quit_alert true
   2. To enable (default):
      1. defaults write com.apple.x11 no_quit_alert false
4. Close Terminal.app
5. Close X11.app

The change will take effect the next time you open X11.

Additional informations about that topic can be found there.

Maybe you will reach the point that you need some Linux-based applications like: MC or similar.

Basicly there are two ways to handle this situation:

• Fink
• MacPorts

Today i gonna describe some basic things and steps to get MacPorts working under Mac OS X.

At the beginning a short description of the project. According to Wikipedia it is:

MacPorts, formerly called DarwinPorts, is an open source project to simplify installation of other open source software on the Mac OS X and Darwin operating systems. Similar to Fink, DarwinPorts was started in 2002 as part of the OpenDarwin project, with the involvement of a number of Apple Computer employees including Landon Fuller, Kevin Van Vechten, and Jordan Hubbard.

It allows the installation of a number of packages by simply entering port install packagename command in the Terminal, which will then download, compile and install the requested software, while also installing any required dependencies automatically.

On April 28, 2005, the project released version 1.0 of their software which supports approximately 2500 ports. Version 1.2.1 was released on April 1, 2006, providing over 3200 ports. Version 1.3.1, released on July 31, 2006, supports 3420 ports. The most recent version is 1.3.2, released on August 30, 2006

Installation:�
There are two methods to install MacPorts on OS X. Downloading and compiling the source-code out of the Trac Subversion or just simply get a dmg.

I would always prefer the *.dmg method…but only as i am a lazy person :P.
Keep in mind that even the *.dmg way is not as simple as most other software installations

1. Install Xcode Tools (get it at the Apple developer site or from your installation medium)
2. Install Xwindows X11 (get it from your installation medium)
3. Define SHELL environment
4. Install Macports *.dmg

A detailed howto can be found in the MacPorts Wiki.

First Steps:
After your installtion you first need to sync your local installtion with the online sources. Open your terminal and type:

port selfpdate

Packages search and installation:
After running the “sudo port selfupdate” or “sudo port -v selfupdate” command you are ready to install other applications out of the MacPorts sources.

You can search packages using the following command:

sudo port search PACKAGENAME

You can install the package using:

sudo port install PACKAGENAME

Some additional Links:

• MacPorts Wiki