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| ===== Configuring PuTTY ===== | ===== Configuring PuTTY ===== | ||
| - | Launch the session/configuration manager: (Right click on) ''Pageant'' => ''New Session'' | + | Launch the session/configuration manager: (Right click on) ''Pageant'' => ''New Session''\\ {{ :other:putty_03.png?direct&300 |}} |
| - | * You can keep most PuTTY's default settings. This section will show you how to create your first //session profile//, with some useful options. If you want to add another session, just ''Load'' an existing (and properly configured) session, ''Save'' it under a new name, and the change the session details | + | * You can keep most PuTTY's default settings. This section will show you how to create your first //session profile//, with some useful options. If you want to add another session later, just ''Load'' an existing (and properly configured) session, ''Save'' it under a new name, and the change the session details |
| - | * When changing a setting, select a (sub-)**Category** in the left part of the PuTTY Configuration windows, and change the displayed settings in the right part of the window. | + | * When changing a setting, select a (sub-)**Category in the left part** of the PuTTY Configuration windows, and change the displayed **settings in the right part** of the window. |
| * After changing the settings of an existing Session, **do not forget to go back to the //Session// category and click ''Save''!** | * After changing the settings of an existing Session, **do not forget to go back to the //Session// category and click ''Save''!** | ||
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| In the ''Session'' category: | In the ''Session'' category: | ||
| * Specify a **Host Name**: e.g. ''ssh1.lsce.ipsl.fr'' for the LSCE access server | * Specify a **Host Name**: e.g. ''ssh1.lsce.ipsl.fr'' for the LSCE access server | ||
| - | * Specify a matching session name in Saved Sessions: e.g. ''ssh1'' | + | * Specify a matching session name in **Saved Sessions**: e.g. ''ssh1'' |
| - | * Click on ''Save'' to save the session\\ {{ :other:putty_04.png?direct |}} | + | * Click on **Save** to save the session\\ {{ :other:putty_04.png?direct |}} |
| - | FIXME | + | If you are in a hurry, you can connect to the Linux server by clicking on **Open**, but you should first change some useful settings |
| - | * The best way to use PuTTY, is to use it with Pageant: | + | ==== Changing some useful settings ==== |
| - | * Start Menu => Putty menu => Pageant (this will just put the Pageant icon in the rightmost part of the taskbar, the icon may even me masked) | + | |
| - | * Right-click on the Pageant icon and choose: | + | |
| - | * **New session** to define a new server you want to connect to | + | |
| - | * Recommended settings: FIXME | + | |
| - | * **Saved Sessions** to connect to a server | + | |
| - | * **Add key** to select a private ssh key and type/store the matching pass phrase (if you have a private ssh key you generated on Linux, you need to convert it with Putty Menu => PuTTYgen) | + | |
| - | FIXME | + | * In the ''Windows'' => ''Selection'' category: |
| + | * Select **xterm** for the mouse buttons behavior. This will allow you to use the mouse buttons in the Putty terminal the same way you would use them in an standard Linux //xterm// terminal: **Copy** text with the left button, and **Paste** it with the middle button\\ {{ :other:putty_05.png?direct |}} | ||
| + | * In the ''Connection'' => ''Data'' category: | ||
| + | * Specify your login name in **Auto-login username**. This way you won't have to type it when you connect to the Linux server\\ {{ :other:putty_06.png?direct |}} | ||
| + | * In the ''Connection'' => ''SSH'' => ''Auth'' category: | ||
| + | * Select **Allow agent forwarding**. This is the same as [[/other:ssh#standard_usage|using ssh with the -A option]]\\ {{ :other:putty_07.png?direct |}} | ||
| + | * In the ''Connection'' => ''SSH'' => ''X11'' category: | ||
| + | * Select **Enable X11 forwarding**. This is the same as [[/other:ssh#standard_usage|using ssh with the -X option]]\\ {{ :other:putty_08.png?direct |}} | ||
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| + | * When you have finished updating settings, **do not forget to go back to ''Category'' => ''Session'' and Save the session**!\\ {{ :other:putty_09.png?direct |}} | ||
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| + | ==== Adding more sessions ==== | ||
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| + | === Direct connection to a remote server === | ||
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| + | * Select an existing session and click on **Load** | ||
| + | * Update the **Host Name**, **Saved Session** name (the name of the new profile you want) and settings | ||
| + | * Go back to ''Category'' => ''Session'' and **Save** the session | ||
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| + | === Connection through a gateway === | ||
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| + | * Select an existing //gateway// session and click on **Load**.\\ For connecting to LSCE from outside LSCE, select the [[#creating_a_new_session|ssh1 profile]] | ||
| + | * In the ''Connection'' => ''SSH'' category, specify the command used to connect to the target server in the **Remote command** field\\ e.g. for LSCE, use ''ssh obelix''\\ {{ :other:putty_10.png?direct |}} | ||
| + | * Go back to ''Category'' => ''Session'', specify a new profile name in **Saved Sessions** (e.g. ''obelix via ssh1'') and **Save** the session\\ {{ :other:putty_11.png?direct |}} | ||
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| + | ===== Using Putty/Pageant ===== | ||
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| + | ==== Using an pre-defined session ==== | ||
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| + | Once you have started pageant, and configured a session, | ||
| ===== Adding and configuring a new session ===== | ===== Adding and configuring a new session ===== | ||
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| ===== Using ssh keys ===== | ===== Using ssh keys ===== | ||
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| + | ==== Existing ssh keys ==== | ||
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| + | ==== Importing or creating ssh keys with PuTTYgen ==== | ||
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other/putty_conf.txt · Last modified: 2024/05/29 15:43 by jypeter
