Anatomy of Accounts Manager
To configure Accounts you have to use Accounts Manager View
To add new account press 
button. Once you added new account, you will have a
chance to enter additional information. Host Name is the only mandatory
field. You might want to enter User
Name if it is different from your local user name and you are
not using SSH config file to associate user names with host
names. Rule of thumb is that you have to provide as much information as
you do when you connecting to given host using command line SSH.
So, if you were asked to provide remote host password then you have to
fill Password field (check Use Password box first to make Password field editable).
button.
. In case something
is wrong, you will see Error
dialog with short explanation of the
problem and Test Account
button will change to 
.
button. Once you added new account, you will have a
chance to enter additional information. Host Name is the only mandatory
field. You might want to enter User
Name if it is different from your local user name and you are
not using SSH config file to associate user names with host
names. Rule of thumb is that you have to provide as much information as
you do when you connecting to given host using command line SSH.
So, if you were asked to provide remote host password then you have to
fill Password field (check Use Password box first to make Password field editable).NOTE: When connecting to remote host
you could be asked to provide remote host password or identity file
passphrase. In this case you have to use the same Password field for either of these.
NOTE:
If your office network is NATed then you should enter
"inside" IP address of the server you connect to
into Private Host Name field.
Once you entered all required information, it is a good idea to test
it.
To test account you have to push button.NOTE:
In order to be able to test
account, AlmostVPN needs to
know your local password. So you have to
"unlock" the 
in the left top
corner to enable Test Account
button.
If information you provided is correct then Test Account button will
change to in the left top
corner to enable Test Account
button.. In case something
is wrong, you will see Error
dialog with short explanation of the
problem and Test Account
button will change to .NOTE:
If you never connected to
particular host via SSH before then you could see following dialog
(with different numbers)
You have to press Accept button. While connecting to
particular server for the first time, SSH will remember this server
fingerprint, so later it could warn you if you are trying to connect to
the
server that is impostor. In this case you will see dialog like this
In 9 cases out of 10 it happens
because your IT guys reinstalled server OS without preserving identity
files, but because in 1 out of 10 cases it might be indication of
something VERY bad, you have to investigate the reason behind this
message every time you see it.
