putty 0.59 Secure Shell Terminal Emulator
Submitted by todd on Wed, 2007-01-31 22:25
I'm often sitting in front of a Windows based PC when I need to work on a Linux server or Mac OS X workstation. If all you need is a terminal emulator for command line access, you should definitely have a copy of the Open Source...
...for Microsoft Windows. I recommend using SSH (the first S is for secure) instead of Telnet whenever possible (and that is usually always if port 22 is available) to access remote servers or workstations. Version 0.59 was just released. There is no installation. Just copy the EXE binary file and double click on it to launch it. I recommend changing the color scheme for the terminal though. It defaults to white letters on a black screen. I prefer black letters on a white screen.
I am a putty user and sick
I am a putty user and sick of it's black screen. I would like to change the appearance to a white on black type. How can I do that ?
Re: Changing putty screen
Re: Changing putty screen colors. From the PuTTY Configuration window... Category - Window - Colours. Select Default Foreground and press the modify button. Select a black looking color from the grid. Then select Default Background and press the modify button. Select white from the chart. Go back to Session and save the modified configuration.
I have a similar but tougher
I have a similar but tougher problem: I need to find a putty.exe that when you launch it, it already comes up with a white screen instead of the black. I know you can change the colours setting, save it, and if you open that bookmarked host again later, it will have the colors the way you last set it, but: I have a another software application automatically launch putty.exe from command line with an IP address: putty.exe 10.10.20.5 and it will open a putty window and present you immediately with the login prompt, bypassing the normal screen where you set settings, create saved entries, etc. In my application, you could be in any of hundreds of servers, and we don't want the user of the main application to worry about putty saved entries, they are using other software, and just hit the "ssh" button, and are presented for user and password with a black screen of putty. I can't figure out how to set registry settings, or make a static saved entry, such that typing putty.exe 10.10.20.5 will present a white window. Suggestions anyone?
Save a session with those
Save a session with those settings. Copy the settings to the other users. Run putty with the -load command.
putty.exe -load SESSION_NAME
To save the session, change the settings to what you wish all users should have. When that's done go back to the top and click Sessions. In the Saved Sessions textbox, type in the session name. Next Click on the Save Button. Your Settings are now saved.
To copy the profile to each user, you need to run regedit and select the hive HKey_Current_User\Software\SimonTatham\ Be sure you select entire hive. Export the hive as putty.reg. Have all users load that putty.reg hive just once and they will all have the same session setting. Now putty.exe -load SESSION_NAME will work.
Now you did mention putty.exe, so I'm assuming you're running it on Windows, not unix/linux. I manage multiple windows and unix/linux/osx systems and windows is my main focus so I'm mainly on Windows. I don't use putty on unix/linux, so I'm not sure how putty sessions are saved there. You'll have to replace my instructions for regedit with whatever you have on unix/linux if that's the case.