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{{Warning|title=Disclaimer |content=This is still an experimental procedure (work in progress).<br>
{{Warning|title=Disclaimer |content=This is still an experimental procedure (work in progress).<br><br>
If you have suggestions, please write to [[technical support]] under the subject line <i>WSL, ControlMaster/MFA suggestion</i>.<br>
If you have suggestions, please write to [[technical support]] under the subject line <i>WSL, ControlMaster/MFA suggestion</i>.<br>
Alliance staff members can post suggestions in the <i>security-mfa</i> channel.}}
Alliance staff members can post suggestions in the <i>security-mfa</i> channel.}}


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With this procedure you can leverage ControlMaster under WSL so you may log into the clusters with several apps under native Windows for a certain period without having to use multifactor authentication for every session.  
With this procedure you can leverage ControlMaster under WSL so you may log into the clusters with several apps under native Windows for a certain period without having to use multifactor authentication for every session.  


=== Install Linux on Windows with WSL === <!--T:2-->
=== Install Linux on Windows with WSL === <!--T:2-->
Please follow this link for more detailed instructions:
Please follow this link for more detailed instructions:
  https://docs.alliancecan.ca/wiki/Windows_Subsystem_for_Linux_(WSL)
  https://docs.alliancecan.ca/wiki/Windows_Subsystem_for_Linux_(WSL)


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This setup assumes the following on the sample config files:
This setup assumes the following on the sample config files:
* you selected Ubuntu as your distribution
* you selected Ubuntu as your distribution
* the hostname for the WSL instance is <i>ubuntu</i>. Edit <i>/etc/hostname</i> (ubuntu) and <i>/etc/hosts</i> (127.0.0.1 localhost ubuntu)
* the hostname for the WSL instance is <i>ubuntu</i>: <i>/etc/hostname</i> contains <i>ubuntu</i> and <i>/etc/hosts</i> contains <i>127.0.0.1 localhost ubuntu</i>
* the Windows system is named <i>smart</i> and the login name is <i>jaime</i>
* the Windows system is named <i>smart</i> and the login name is <i>jaime</i>
* the user name on the Ubuntu VM is also <i>jaime</i>
* the user name on the Ubuntu VM is also <i>jaime</i>
* the Alliance user name is <i>pinto</i> and I want to connect to Cedar
* the Alliance user name is <i>pinto</i> and we want to connect to Cedar


=== Install additional packages === <!--T:4-->
=== Install additional packages === <!--T:4-->
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