Entries for the ‘Shell Tips’ Category

Working with Screen

Source: http://www.ghacks.net/2010/05/14/some-cool-linux-tipstricks/ Collaborate with the screen command Let’s say you and your co-worker are both working on debugging an application and your partner has run into a snag. Instead of having to march back and forth between offices, or leaving the comfort of your own chair (you lazy thing), you can log onto your co-workers [...]

PuTTY Connection Manager

Just saw the PuTTY connection manager at http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/03/putty-extreme-makeover-using-putty-connection-manager/ It gives you the ability to have multiple PuTTY sessions tabbed in one window and a menu of selectable saved sessions from PuTTY. I’ve been looking for something like this for a while! Download link

Using PuTTY Without Password Prompting

PuTTY is a great SSH terminal progam for Windows. Using this tutorial you’ll be able to auto login to a remote server without being prompted for a username or password. Do NOT do this in a public machine. 1. Download PuTTY from http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/putty-0.60-installer.exe 2. Install and then run PuTTYgen from the programs menu. 3. Select [...]

Using Bash through the WWW

This tip came from a friend of mine: I thought you might find something I did useful.  It grants root shell access via a browser using xinetd.  Just DO NOT put it on a public box without securing the www.bash script first (firewall port 50000 through iptables, or acls in xinetd). It sets up an [...]