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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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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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Windows-to-linux: Putty with SSH and private/public key pair

I spent about 3 hours trying to figure out how to connect to a linux box from my windows machine using putty without having to send the password. This is connecting to an Ubuntu server that is using OpenSSH. The private key is SSH-2 RSA, 1024 bits.…
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Entering Private Key Passphrase with Putty Command Line PSFTP.exe

I'm using psftp.exe to automate a file download but need to connect with a private key as explained below. I am able to connect, however, the private key requires a Passphrase. This procedure works but I have to enter the Passphrase from the…
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Recover an SSH private key?

I have an RSA key (generated by PuTTYgen) that's set up for logging in to a bunch of machines via SSH. Or rather, i HAD such a key. (The computer it was on crashed, to the point that a reinstall of XP was required. The private key file is…
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Used PowerShell to change my RHEL root passwords via PuTTY, but I don't know what I changed my password to

Basically the title. My friend provided me a script to batch change RHEL passwords via Powershell and PuTTY, but the new password I entered doesn't work when I try to log in. I think the issue is that it doesn't escape one of the special characters…
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How to get Home, End, Delete keys working for PuTTY SSH sessions to Cisco ASA?

I want to be able to use Home, End and Delete keys when using PuTTY to access the CLI on my Cisco ASAs. Currently when I use these keys I see the ~ character. I have tried changing the PuTTY session Keyboard setting for Home and End from Standard…
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Why should I use a well-known port number? (ex. 22, 80, etc...)

I just set up remote ssh for the first time with openssh. I was able to ssh into my server with putty using the following three settings: /etc/init.d/ssh restart # What ports, IPs and protocols we listen for Port 1234 dd-wrt network control panel…
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How can I login amazon ec2 with root directly in putty or winscp?

0 down vote favorite 1) How can I login amazon ec2 with root directly in putty?? each time i need to su - root first and change to root...is there any other ways?? 2) How can I login amazon ec2 with root directly in winscp or filezilla?? since i…
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best ssh program for Windows?

I know of Putty. I currently use rxvt (via Cygwin). Is there a more "integrated" terminal program for Windows out there? e.g. something closer to KDE's kconsole -- where I can have multiple shells all tabbed within the same window. etc.
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Weird symbols always appearing in command line (putty / zsh)

I've had this problem for a while and I hope it's a pretty easy fix: In various places, I'll see weird symbols appearing in the command line. Such as 'â'. It seems like it's replacing some other character..? For example, when I do prompt -p I'll…
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GNU screen display + from putty

Does anyone here know how to get the +-*/ on the numerical keypad to work in GNU screen from putty? Numbers work fine but not the operators. The / seems to be bind to rename the current shell or maybe start a new shell. My host OS is ubuntu 9.04…
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What is the best TERM type on AIX for use with PuTTY, and which PuTTY settings should be tweaked?

I manage many AIX machines, generally version 5.3. Basic terminal function works just fine, but it seems like some things don't. For example nmon displays lqqx instead of the line drawing…
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X11 Forwarding works on Windows with Xming and Putty, but not with ssh command line

I have a micro Amazon instance the I want to use for testing and everything is going fine until the title. If I set up all the info in PuTTy, open it up and run 'xclock', all runs perfectly and it opens on Xming on my local desktop. If, however, I…
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How can I confirm SSH fingerprint when connecting to a new Amazon EC2 instance using PuTTY?

When I create a new EC2 instance running Ubuntu 18.04, using a new EC2-generated keypair, I convert the resulting .pem to .ppk using puttygen, then try to connect to the instance using PuTTY, and I am shown the expected prompt to confirm the SSH…
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How to trust CA-signed host keys in PuTTY?

I have something like this in ~/.ssh/known_hosts on my Linux machine: @cert-authority * ssh-rsa pubkeypubkeypubkey And any server with a signed host key is automatically trusted by the OpenSSH client. I regularly use PuTTY on my Windows PC. How do…
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