===== PuTTY =====

==== Download ====

=== PuTTY ===

This is the most common client\\
[[http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html|http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html]]

=== KiTTY ===

This client is PuTTY with some extra features which are really helpful\\
[[http://kitty.9bis.net/|http://kitty.9bis.net/]]

==== Configuration ====

=== SSH Key ===

Download "puttygen"\\
[[http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html|http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html]]

- Select SSH-2 RSA\\
- 2048 bit or higher\\
- Click generate\\
- Edit comment\\
- Set a passphrase to secure your key\\
- Save public and private key\\
- Copy the key on top into your "authorized_keys"-file\\

=== Autologin ===

Connection -> Data -> "Auto-login username" -> <yourlogin>\\
Connection -> SSH -> "Remote command" -> "sudo su -"

=== Xming/X11 ===

Install Xming\\
[[https://sourceforge.net/projects/xming/|https://sourceforge.net/projects/xming/]]

Enable X11\\
Connection -> SSH -> X11 -> "Enable X11 forwarding"

==== Backup ====

Backup all sessions of the current user
<code>
regedit /e "%userprofile%\Desktop\putty-sessions.reg" HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SimonTatham\PuTTY\Sessions
</code>

Backup all settings including sessions of the current user
<code>
regedit /e "%userprofile%\Desktop\putty.reg" HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SimonTatham
</code>

==== Plink ====

Plink is PuTTY without GUI. You can use Plink (which is part of the PuTTY bundle) to connect to a Linuxsystem in Powershell via SSH.\\
<code powershell plinx-example.ps1>
$ips = Get-Content -path "ips.txt"  
 $password = "YOURPASSWORD"  
 $user = "root"  
 $command = "command.txt"  
 foreach ($ip in $ips) {  
   $remoteserver = $user+"@"+$ip  
   Write-Output "yes" | PLINK.EXE -ssh $remoteserver -P 22 -pw $password -m $command  
 }  
</code>

<code bash command.txt>
hostname
uptime
</code>

<code text ips.txt>
10.0.0.10
10.0.0.15
10.0.0.16
</code>

==== Hotkeys ====

^  Command  ^  Function  ^
|  CTRL + l  |  clears text on screen  |\\
|  CTRL + w  |  removes word before cursor  |\\
|  ALT + d  |  removes word after cursor  |\\
|  CTRL + d  |  logout current user  |\\
|  CTRL + c  |  cancel running tasks  |\\


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