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PuTTY is a very useful program that allows you to communicate with outside devices through SSH. Putty is mainly used for remoting into machines outside of your network. You can download it [https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html here]. | PuTTY is a very useful program that allows you to communicate with outside devices through SSH. Putty is mainly used for remoting into machines outside of your network. You can download it [https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html here]. | ||
== Links == | |||
https://cs.hofstra.edu/docs/pages/guides/putty_setup.html | |||
== Usage == | == Usage == | ||
=== Remote into other System === | === Remote into other System === | ||
Open the PuTTY program. Once it is open you will enter the IP address for the system you are trying to access in the Host Name box. Select the connection type as SSH, and use port 22. Press open. You will have to authenticate, and then you will be in. | |||
=== Send file to another System === | === Send file to another System === | ||
To send a file to another system you will open a new CMD window and navigate to the PuTTY install directory. ''My command...'' <code>cd C:\Program Files\PuTTY</code>. Once you have successfully navigated to the installation directory you will enter the command to send a file. <code>pscp.exe <LocalFilePath> <user>@<RemoteHost>:<RemoteDirectory></code>. You will once again have to authenticate. | |||
Latest revision as of 18:02, 8 August 2022
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PuTTY is a very useful program that allows you to communicate with outside devices through SSH. Putty is mainly used for remoting into machines outside of your network. You can download it here.
Links
https://cs.hofstra.edu/docs/pages/guides/putty_setup.html
Usage
Remote into other System
Open the PuTTY program. Once it is open you will enter the IP address for the system you are trying to access in the Host Name box. Select the connection type as SSH, and use port 22. Press open. You will have to authenticate, and then you will be in.
Send file to another System
To send a file to another system you will open a new CMD window and navigate to the PuTTY install directory. My command... cd C:\Program Files\PuTTY. Once you have successfully navigated to the installation directory you will enter the command to send a file. pscp.exe <LocalFilePath> <user>@<RemoteHost>:<RemoteDirectory>. You will once again have to authenticate.