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Problems with RSA SecurID protected servers
Where I work our servers require an RSA SecurID to connect. They are one of those little fobs with the numbers that change. Problem is that ExpanDrive assumes your password doesn't change, and sometimes tries to reconnect using the key I entered originally, which of course has expired. This causes lots of bad login attempts, and gets me locked out of our servers, and I have to ask an admin to clear the lock.
Most SFTP software does not support RSA auth very well. It would be nice if there was an option to tell it that the server uses RSA, and it then will always prompt for the key, and never use a stored password.
Most SFTP software does not support RSA auth very well. It would be nice if there was an option to tell it that the server uses RSA, and it then will always prompt for the key, and never use a stored password.
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Inappropriate?You can leave the password field blank, and ExpanDrive should prompt for a password when it attempts to establish a connection. Will that work for you?
ExpanDrive will, be default, try to save the password you you. You can tell it not to, but that will still cost you an extra mouse click every time you connect. I'll see if I can think up a cleaner way of working things.
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Inappropriate?That is what I did, but it seems at some point, I think after waking from sleep without first unmounting the drive, it tried to reconnect on its own in the background without asking me for a new id.
Extra clicks to connect are ok, since I have to enter the key each time anyway. I like how ExpanDrive keeps the connection open so I don't have to enter the key constantly like in most regular SFTP software.
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Inappropriate?Joeaguy -
It's often the case that we do a reconnect in the, background - if the connection is lost, or your computer went to sleep, access point change -etc.
We'd have to ask each time this happens, correct?
-Jeff
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