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putty — SSH, Telnet, and Rlogin client for connecting to remote servers. Note: On Linux, the native `ssh` cl

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Problem

How to use the putty command: SSH, Telnet, and Rlogin client for connecting to remote servers. Note: On Linux, the native ssh client is often more convenient. PuTTY is more commonly used on Windows. More information: <https://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/htmldoc/Chapter3.html#using-cmdline>.

Solution

putty — SSH, Telnet, and Rlogin client for connecting to remote servers. Note: On Linux, the native ssh client is often more convenient. PuTTY is more commonly used on Windows. More information: <https://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/htmldoc/Chapter3.html#using-cmdline>.

Connect to a remote host via SSH:

putty -ssh {{username}}@{{hostname_or_ip}}

Connect to a remote host on a specific [P]ort:

putty -ssh {{username}}@{{hostname_or_ip}} -P {{port}}

Load a saved session:

putty -load {{session_name}}

Connect with a private key for authentication:

putty -ssh {{username}}@{{hostname_or_ip}} -i {{path/to/private_key.ppk}}

Connect via Telnet:

putty -telnet {{hostname_or_ip}}

Enable [X]11 forwarding:

putty -ssh {{username}}@{{hostname_or_ip}} -X

Set up [L]ocal port forwarding:

putty -ssh {{username}}@{{hostname_or_ip}} -L {{local_port}}:{{destination_host}}:{{destination_port}}

Display help:

putty -help

Code Snippets

Connect to a remote host via SSH

putty -ssh {{username}}@{{hostname_or_ip}}

Connect to a remote host on a specific [P]ort

putty -ssh {{username}}@{{hostname_or_ip}} -P {{port}}

Load a saved session

putty -load {{session_name}}

Connect with a private key for authentication

putty -ssh {{username}}@{{hostname_or_ip}} -i {{path/to/private_key.ppk}}

Connect via Telnet

putty -telnet {{hostname_or_ip}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/putty

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