Questions tagged [putty]

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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SSH connection timing out with Google Cloud

I'm pretty new to servers/cloud computing so please bear with me. Instance image: windows-server-1809-dc-core-for-containers-v20200908 My issue is that when I try to connect through SSH to my instance, the Putty client keeps timing out. But I can…
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Starting amazon ec2 server with Putty

I use Putty to run the ec2 server with this code, python manage.py runserver but when I shut Putty down, the server is also shut down too. In order to keep the ec2 server activated, even I shut Putty down how do I start server??
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Can no longer connect to Google Cloud VM instance through putty

I set up a VM instance on Google Cloud and connected to it using PuTTY from my windows machine according to this guide: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-create-and-connect-to-google-cloud-virtual-machine-with-ssh-81a68b8f74dd/ I was able to…
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Putty connection refused on clean Ubuntu azure VM

I have recently created an Ubuntu VM on Azure. In order to access the created VM, I've installed Putty on my windows 7 machine. But I cannot make it connect till now. At the start Putty was giving the error "Connection timeout". After I've changed…
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Private ssh key not working in some devices. "Error: permission denied (publickey)."

I have a virtual server. Recently, I disabled PasswordAuthentication to make it more secure. I had already created a key pair using Puttygen in Windows. I converted the private key (.ppk) using putty-tools in Linux so that I could use it in my Linux…
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Getting "server refused our key" when connecting to GCloud using Putty

I've just set up a new test instance on Google cloud... it's Debian, the default Google build. I've been able to connect successfully to the instance using the SSH console (from Chrome) and the gcloud shell. Both use Google generated keys. I want…
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Reliable reverse port forwarding between windows pc (under NAT) and linux server

I have the following topology: Linux server (Ubuntu 20.04) with static ip Windows server under NAT with no option to forward port to this machine I need to access securely port of windows server from my linux server. Currently I have plink.exe…
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MobaXTerm fails with SSH2_MSG_CHANNEL_FAILURE for nonexistent channel 0 but Putty it's working

I am trying to connect to a server via SSH with MobaXterm but after inserting the password I get: SSH2_MSG_CHANNEL_FAILURE for nonexistent channel 0 I am able to connect to the server using Putty. Version: MobaXterm: 20.1 and 20.2 (latest) Putty:…
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Chinese character setting in putty not work

I need to display Chinese in putty and open a file in Chinese. As others mentioned, 1. locale setting ( LANG=zh_TW.big5 / LC_ALL=zh_TW.big5 ) 2. Putty > Changed Setting > Translation > Remote(UTF-8) > Treat CJK[v] 3. Appearance > Change.. >…
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Permission Denied on NFS mount through SSH remote tunnel

I successfully exported a directory from a CentOS 7 server to a CentOS 6 server(I used * in /etc/exports (as opposed to the server's IP). But I can't seem to find solutions that work for me to export it through SSH Tunnels. This is my current…
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Where can I find login/password information for connecting to local openSSH server started in Windows 7?

I opened passwd file in etc directory but didn't find something useful. While installing openSSH I set password but for all usernames I input this pass I got "access denied". As SSH client I'm using PuttY.Where can I find right log/pass?
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how to jump in a server using putty

I am facing a situation: From my Local Machine (LM) I connect in a VPN using OpenVPN (HTZ) then I am able to use putty to connect into a HTZ server (lets call it server X). From that server X I have access to another server (lets call this Y) on…
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Fixing fs.file-max too small remotely

I was testing some things and breaking things in order to see if I could fix them. I was connected to a remote machine via Putty ssh and ended up changing fs.file-max to a very (comparatively) small number (4096) using the command sudo sysctl -w…
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How to use plink to create SSH tunnel to database?

I'm working on some software that has a local database, but also needs access to a database on AWS. The database is behind a web server, so the way that I need to connect is to create an SSH tunnel to the web server, which will allow me to access…
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Windows Server connection using putty

Iam having hard time connecting to an Azure Windows Server 2012 from my institution (University). The goal is to connect to the SQL Server that runs on this Windows server This is the strange situation: From my house, i connect with RDP, ssh and sql…
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