If you are a software developer or a system administrator in a UNIX or Linux system, then you must have used PuTTY in your daily lives of work, to connect to the servers when you are in a Windows environment.
PuTTY allows you to connect via the internet through a secure environment (SSH).
Do you know that you can put multiple PuTTY connections on tab windows like your web browser?
When I work, sometimes I have to open up 3-5 PuTTY windows at the same time. Two for server A, 1 for server B, and 1 for server C, for example. Unless I have a big wide monitor, then for certain these multiple PuTTY connections have cluttered my Windows taskbar!
It never came to my mind whether there’s another “modification” of PuTTY to actually make my life much easier until I needed to open about 7 different PuTTY windows to 4 different servers altogether! (Don’t forget that the PuTTYs are not the only ones on my Windows taskbar). I did some searching for the web and found PuTTY Connection Manager!
PuTTY Connection Manager
PuTTY Connection Manager is not a “PuTTY” of its own. In fact, upon installation, you are required to point the software to your PuTTY location. The application will also load all of your saved PuTTY sessions on the right side of the screen.
PuTTY Connection Manager is still in beta, but so far there is only one bug that I notice:
It has problems when trying to load and connect saved PuTTY Session that has a user@hostname on the host address, as stated on the bug report page:
PuTTY Sessions defined with user@hostname are not correctly parsed. “No such host is known” error occurs.
This will be fixed on the 0.7 release, but even with this bug, PuTTY Connection Manager still worths to be used. For the time being, you have to type in the server IP address instead of loading it from your saved session. I don’t mind with this, as the benefit outweighs it,
I ask you this question, do you want to go back to the old days where every site you visit with your web browser has to be opened on each own window? I don’t!
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wow 0.7 version.. don’t forget to post if that version released..
thanks for the info
regard
pandi
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Thanks for the information, i will pass it on to one of my Unix System Administrator friend, indeed a great job.
Ugh – Putty sucks!
I use SecureCRT – tons better than Putty.
Course for a free alternative Putty is good but damn I don’t like it
G-Man
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I’m really thankful I found your article in Google. Yes, I’m using PuttY a lot at work and it was just now that I thought of organizing those PuttY windows in one window. Thank you for informing us!
Well Putty is FREE and probably the simplest application that you can get for SSH connection (correct me if I’m wrong though)
Gabriel: It is a great tool but I wish that we can just click on the server list on the right area (as I mentioned on the post, there’s a bug on that).
However, it still is good enough as I usually have to open 3-4 terminals at the same time at work
Does not run on Vista x64 SP2 – It runs without any problems on my Vista 32 Bit SP2
Guys do you know any other tool which doesnt have .net framework dependency … after I upgraded my RAM to 3 Gb (win xp) i really have got short on space
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Go get a new harddrive
It’s so cheap nowadays that it’s not funny!