Title: Synergy Setup Notes
Subject: Covers setup of synergy over ssh, between linux boxes.


Some of my config files are available at:
http://stilen.com/xtools/Synergy_files/

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First:
Make a good config file on the server,
So that you know which machines are involved
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    homer@geny:~> cat .synergy.conf

################################################
# Title: .synergy.conf
#
# Net: 192.168.0.0/24
#          _____   _____
# Host:   (geny)  (genx)
# IP:       101    102
# Loci:      |      |
#          -------------
# 2005/01/07
###################################
section: screens
  geny:
  genx:
end

section: links
  geny:
    right = genx
  genx:
    left  = geny
end

section: aliases
  geny:
    192.168.0.101
  genx:
    192.168.0.102
end

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Second:
Make a damon script for the server to run
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    homer@geny:~> vi ~/bin/syns.sh

#!/bin/sh
synergys  --config .synergy.conf --daemon

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Third:
Make a script for the client to run
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    homer@geny:~> vi /home/homer/bin/sync_ssh.sh

#!/bin/sh
ssh -f -N -L 24800:geny:24800 geny
synergyc --daemon --name genx --camp localhost

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Fourth:
Auto Start synergy when you log into KDE
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  On the Client:
    homer@geny:~> cd ~/.kde/Autostart/
    homer@geny:~> ln -s ~/bin/sync_ssh.sh
  On the Server:
    homer@genx:~> cd ~/.kde/Autostart/
    homer@genx:~> ln -s ~/bin/syns.sh

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Fifth:
SSH key exchange, client will auto log into 
synergy server (geny logs into genx)
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 On Client, if you already have:
    homer@geny:~>~/.ssh/id_dsa
         id_dsa.pub
	 identity
	 identity.pub
	 id_rsa
	 id_rsa.pub

 Create the 'authorized_keys*' files and trnasfer to server.
    homer@geny:~>cat ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub   >> authorized_keys2
    homer@geny:~>cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub   >> authorized_keys2
    homer@geny:~>cat ~/.ssh/identity.pub >> authorized_keys
  
 Set permissions:
    homer@geny:~> chown homer:homer authorized_keys*
    homer@geny:~> chmod 600 authorized_keys* 

  Transfer to synergy server 
    homer@geny:~>rsync -avz -e ssh authorized_keys* homer@genx:~/.ssh/

On Server, adjuest sshd configuration and restart if needed. 
   homer@genx:~>/etc/ssh/sshd_config
       RSAAuthentication    yes                        
       PubkeyAuthentication yes                     
       AuthorizedKeysFile   .ssh/authorized_keys2

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Sixth:
Start up the server and client
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On Server:
  homer@genx:~>./bin/syns.sh

  NOTE: for debugging, edit scritp,
         change: 
	   --daemon
	 to:      
           --no-daemon
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Mac Locking screen in osx
REFERENCE:  http://www.bartbusschots.ie/blog/?p=175
You can get a padlock icon to appear in your Menu Bar 
and when you click on that one of the options in the menu is 
"Lock Screen" (see first figure below). 
This will allow you to lock your screen even while using Synergy. 
Getting this padlock is a little counter intuative but here goes:

   1. Open the "Keychain Access" program in your Applications/Utilities folder
   2. Open the prefferences for this app (Keychain Access -> Preferences)
   3. I nthe "General" pane check the checkbox labled "Show Status in Menu Bar"

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