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PuTTY is a free open source SSH/Telnet terminal emulation program for Windows and Unix like operating systems.

PuTTY is a free open source SSH/Telnet terminal emulation program for Windows and Unix like operating systems. PuTTY terminal emulation is xterm compatible and configurable. PuTTY can also be used to tunnel X11 over a secure link.

There are a suite of programs available for use with PuTTY:

PuttyGen: A tool for generating public key encryption pairs for use with PuTTY and OpenSSH.

Pageant: the PuTTY Authentication Agent used for storing Keys and providing them when requested to PuTTY utilities.

PSFTP: An SFTP clinet.

PCSP: A command line scp clinet.

PLINK: A command line connection utility similar to ssh that can be used for automating connections and tasks.

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How to make PuTTY settings persistent?

Some PuTTY settings are valid only for the current session, and when I start it again, they are at the default value again. How can I change the default values?
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How can I set PuTTY's window title to the name of the loaded session?

Normally, when you load a saved session in PuTTY and connect to it, PuTTY will set the window title to the host name of the system you connected to (plus the string "PuTTY"). Now I have many different sessions that all connect to the same host, but…
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Run remote command with putty

When I do putty -ssh user@host -pw password echo "hi" I get a network error But if I do putty -ssh user@host -pw password An SSH session is successfully opened in a putty terminal. However, I just want to run a single command. How do I do this in…
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How to make Putty remember window size/position

I would like Putty (or the OS - WinXP) to remember the size/position of the window. The rows/columns settings only affects the work area, but does not "zoom in". I would like the same effect as I get when I drag the window border and the content of…
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PuTTY Fatal Error dialog - Can it be suppressed?

Nearly daily, I resume my computer to (correctly) find half a dozen or more dead PuTTY sessions left over from the previous day of administration. It's usually easier to clear my stack by closing all the inactive terminals and opening new PuTTY…
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mRemoteNG settings from Putty

I'm trying to get my settings from Putty loaded into mRemoteNG. According to the thread below, once I select SSH version 2 as my protocol, I should have a list of settings to choose from in the Putty Session menu. I definitely don't. I have…
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How to get SSH PuTTY bookmarks / sessions synchronized?

As sysadmin working in IT consulting, I have a lot of SSH PuTTY (managed by SuperPutty) sessions, and also, I have 2 computers, and a few virtual machines and a Terminal Server with Putty in which I have all these sessions. Is there a way to…
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How to type/send hex on a PuTTY session

I'm using PuTTY to make a serial connection to a device. I need to send a hexadecimal string on this session. How do I do this? The hexadecimal string is FF7E414244. This is required to break the serial device into command interface mode... From an…
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Pressing backspace with root gives weired character in putty

I am using putty to make ssh connection with my server. I use up and down arrow button to go through history commands. but now when i press backspace instead of deleting the character , some weired chacater appear like service mysql stop service…
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launch a batch remote command via /putty ssh and get the output in a local file

I have been trying to launch a remote command in putty using the -m [file] flag and get the output putty.exe -[user]@server -m commandscript (the command is just cat> somewhere ) and after that I just get the output file via scp. Well it is not…
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Cisco ASA 5505 garbled output

I'm trying to debug a Cisco ASA 5505 that I do not have physical access to. I am using GoToMeeting to control a techs computer to talk to the router. Here is a picture of the router output right after it's been…
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PSFTP wildcards /*.zip: open for read: permission denied

I'm using Freesshd and putty's psftp to transfer files. Now, I can use get ex110111.zip and it works. But if I try to use a wild card get *.zip, I receive an error open for read: permission denied. How do I use the wildcard to get all the remote zip…
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delete key prints "~" in putty

i am SSHing to a RHEL-3 box using Putty. Backspace works correctly, but when I press the "Delete" key the deletion does not happen. Instead, it prints "~" on the screen. Thanks in advance, Ajay
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PuTTY/PSFTP & Pageant. Select particular key

I have a windows box that we use for outgoing SFTP transfers. They're all scripted and I use PSFTP with PAGEANT to hold the private keys. My problem is that over the last 12 months a new partner of this client has added a significant number of new…
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Connecting to a web server in putty

How do I connect to the localhost apache web server of the machine I'm connected through Putty in?
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