PuTTY 0.54 rpms (http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/)

[Jeff Vian]

WipeOut wrote:

> Bevan C. Bennett wrote:
>
>> WipeOut wrote:
>>
>>> Awesome, thanks dude!!.. I had no idea there was a Linux version of 
>>> PuTTY, I have been running the windows version under wine for ages..
>>>
>>> Later..
>>
>>
>>
>> Out of curiosity, why would you ever want to run PuTTY under wine 
>> rather than just using openssh or the other tools that PuTTY was 
>> written to emulate?
>>
>>
> Quite simple really.. I usually need to map at least 3 ports to work 
> across the ssh link on each of the servers I am accessing.. So the 
> command line would end up being something like this..
>
> ssh -Cg -L xx:<ip>:xx -L yy:<ip>:yy -L zz<ip>:zz <server name>
>
> This is a real PITA to remember or have to type out each time I want 
> to connect..

Easy enough to either create a script or an alias per server.  Then the 
brain does not have to remember all that each time

>
> With PuTTY I am able to simply setup the profile and save it, then 
> each time I need to connect it simply a case of double clicking the 
> profile and logging in.. All the ports are maped and there is very 
> little chance of making a mistake..

That is useful,

>
> I agree the the command line is easy enough when you are just wanting 
> to connect with a server in a standard terminal session..
>