Questions tagged [putty]
PuTTY is a free and open source terminal emulator application which can act as a client for the SSH, Telnet, rlogin, and raw TCP computing protocols and as a serial console client. The name "PuTTY" has no definitive meaning, though 'tty' is the name for a terminal in the Unix tradition, usually held to be short for teletype.
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Is there a way to "auto login" in PuTTY with a password?
Is there a way to configure a password for a stored session in PuTTY?
I know there is the capability to specify an "auto-login username" (under Connection/Data), but is there a way to do the same ...
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How to convert .ppk key to OpenSSH key under Linux?
I know that is possible to convert .ppk under puttygen in Windows, but how to do that on Linux? Is this possible ?
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How do I paste the Windows clipboard into my PuTTY session, using only the keyboard?
I would like to paste text the Windows clipboard into my PuTTY session using only the keyboard. I am running PuTTY 0.60 on Windows XP.
Usage example: I just selected a bunch of nice text inside of my ...
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How to configure PuTTY so that Home/End/PgUp/PgDn work properly in bash?
The keys Home, End, PageUp, PageDown all type a ~ in my bash session instead of moving the cursor / view around. Why does this happen and which settings do I need to change?
GNU bash, version 4.0.28(...
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Where does Putty store known_hosts information on Windows?
How do I tell if Putty already knows about and has cached credentials for specific ssh servers?
Another way to ask this question is what is the Windows/Putty equivalent of a unix/ssh known_hosts file?...
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How to upload local file to server through Linux terminal
I am trying to upload local files to server by using Putty or SSH but not getting upload there.
Is there any direct method to upload file from local to server from Linux terminal without using FTP ...
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How do I change the colour scheme on PuTTY?
I'm using PuTTY to SSH from my PC at home to Linux computers at work, but some of the text (folder names) is dark blue on black, which is almost impossible to read. How do I change the colour-scheme?
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PuTTY Network Error: Software caused connection abort
I have a strange problem: When I'm using PuTTY with SSH connecting to a Linux server hosted in VMware on my local Windows 7, I often get the error saying "Network error: Software caused ...
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Vim Stuck In Insert Mode
I've been using Vim for several months now via my web host (they allow putty access). All of a sudden, the escape key has become unresponsive. I cannot exist insert or any other mode by simply hitting ...
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How to exit from fullscreen mode of Putty?
This annoyed me for a while, but as usual; really annoying problems have quite simple solutions.
Some sw I just don't use often enough to remember its hotkeys, like PuTTY. So I end up using the ...
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PuTTY how to select text and copy text using keyboard ONLY
Is there any way of selecting a text with keyboard the way I do it normally using Shift+arrows.
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"PuTTY key format too new" when using ppk file for PuTTY SSH key authentication
I wanted to connect to my Unix server using SSH keys. For that I had converted my id_rsa file from ./ssh directory to a ppk file using PuTTYgen, but after loading my .ppk key I get this warning:
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Is there a way to copy text in htop?
Normally in putty you can just select text to copy it, but I can't seem to select text with my mouse in htop.
Of course there's no right click menu to copy, ctrl+c doesn't work, and I didn't see any ...
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A PuTTY shortcut that automatically launches a profile?
How can I create a PuTTY shortcut that automatically launches a profile, so I can dial into a specific computer with one click?
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Increase Scrollback Buffer in Putty
I'm running Putty on Windows and can't find an option to increase the size of the scrollback buffer . It seems set at about 4 pages of text.
Am I missing something?
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