Questions tagged [mobaxterm]

MobaXterm is windows desktop application which includes:

  • remote network tools (SSH, X11, RDP, VNC, FTP, MOSH, ...)
  • Unix commands (bash, ls, cat, sed, grep, awk, rsync, ...)
  • embedded servers (TFTP, FTP, HTTP, SSH/SFTP, telnet, ...)
  • MobApt package manager
  • support for SSH tunneling
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How to get rid if date and time from MobaXterm?

I just installed MobaXterm on my new work computer and I just couldn't figure out how to get rid of the date and time in the terminal. Can someone please help me out? enter image description here
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Mobaxterm: how to keep sftp connection alive?

I kept ssh connection alive following this post: Mobaxterm: how to prevent ssh session from exiting? I managed to keep ssh connection alive but sftp connection on the left panel keeps disconnecting after a certain time while ssh is still alive and I…
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MobaXterm created `xwin_mobax.exe` or it is a virus?

Using Personal Edition v20.2 of MobaXterm at Windows 10... No problem to remove a strange file like C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\MobaXterm\slash\bin\xwin_mobax.exe ? PS: this page say that xwin_mobax.exe is a virus, and windows asking about pemission…
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MobaXterm: How to open an ssh-browser without using a saved session

I usually use MobaXterm local terminal and connect to dozens of different hosts via ssh. I do not use saved sessions. Is it possible to open the ssh-browser for file transfer from the local terminal? Start MobaXterm => Start local…
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Symbolic links Cygwin vs. Msys2 vs. Win 10 (mklink)

I mean to create symbolic links in Msys2 from PortableApps, under Win 10 (I need portable applications to be able to carry the apps directory across systems), as I do in Linux. For comparison, I will quote what I see with: 1) Msys2; and also other…
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MobaXterm Busybox strange setup

I am using MobaXterm portable. I found a strange setup, summarized here. External commands in /bin work fine. E.g., with /bin/ssh.exe I can ssh ok. Internal commands are "redirected" to busybox, as $ which cat /bin/cat $ ll /bin/cat lrwxrwxrwx 1…
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How can I Import settings from a MobaXterm.ini file to MobaXterm?

I've installed MobaXterm in my computer, but I can´t find a way to import the settings from the mobaXterm.ini. I've alreay read the documentation (I've tried, at least, with my bad english) but I couldn´t find the solution.
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How to change Mobaxterm session password

Hi there so I basically forgot my MobaXterm master password and I managed to change it yay! now I came down to another Problem my session relied on the old password so how can I change it as when I go manage credential I cant change it or show…
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MobaXterm - jump words with alt-f/b

I'm using MobaXterm from Windows 10 to ssh into a linux box. I would like to use the alt-f and alt-b to move the cursor by words (emacs bindings), but this only works with the left alt key, not the right alt key. Doing this with the right alt key…
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How to use Customize syntax highlighting on Mobaxterm

in the Mobaxterm Configuration, I clicked on Customize in the Terminal -> Syntax highlighting section. Then, i clicked on "Use regular expressions (experts only)" and added the following regex for "Cyan": \[.* CEST\] I expected this to make my…
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MobaXterm SOCKS5 proxy for SSH

I need to connect to a remote RHEL server using SSH, via a SOCKS 5 proxy. Unfortunately MobaXterm wants to prompt for my proxy password every time and doesn't appear to provide the means to use any of the saved passwords nor prompt you to save it…
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Using AWS CLI with MobaXterm on Windows

I am a newbie to both AWS and MobaXterm. I am trying to use MobaXterm to manage AWS instances because it comes with bash. I am following the commands as per https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/install-cliv2-linux.html. When I run the…
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MobaXterm keeps changing location of DISPLAY on different computer logins?

I am using MobaXterm with WSL2 as a terminal and X client, and I am having issues with MobaXterm changing its DISPLAY variable seemingly randomly. It seems that the IP remains the same on a given boot-up of the computer, but changes from day to day…
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Export MobaXterm sessions with or whithout credentials

I am using MobaXterm Professional Edition v22.1 Build 4888 (windows). I have a lot of saved sessions inside MobaXterm, a lot of them with saved credentials. How can I export sessions without saved credentials?
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How to exclude a word using Regex for MobaXterm Syntax Highlighting?

I created a regex expression to match any string surrounded by quotation marks in a log such as "example" but exclude the word heartbeat if found. [^0-9A-Za-z_&-]("(?!heartbeat)[A-Za-z0-9_.&?=%~#{}()@+-:]*")[^A-Za-z0-9_-] I verified the expression…
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