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program to log into Unix from WinXP

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DarkTXKnight

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Hi there. I need to log into a Unix (Linux) machine in order to check on some processes that are running. I want to do this from an XP laptop. What would be the simplest tool to use for this??? I know there are some out there, but my mind is completely blank on it and I need some help 🙂
 
Telnet if its open would be the easiet, but mosts people have telnet blocked. Get a freessh program would be your next best bet.
 
freessh.... thats something I kinda remember..... I think there is something out there called winscp or something for that.... what client would you reccomend?
 
i would think that the only way to go about this is using ssh server/client software. if you don't know this, you probably shouldn't be using unix.
 
Originally posted by: DarkTXKnight
freessh.... thats something I kinda remember..... I think there is something out there called winscp or something for that.... what client would you reccomend?
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winscp is for file transfer (sftp and scp). Use putty.
 
I never professed to be a unix expert idea. I deal with 99 percent windws servers and then 2 AIX boxes that I use telnet to check on two processes on these old boxes. We have moved the processes over to a new Linux server and the old ways of my connecting and checking were no longer going to work.

The last time I had think about it I couldnt remember if it was cygwin or winscp or putty that was suggested so thats why I asked. Thanks for everyone's help though.
 
putty: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ I use putty daily to manage over a hundred of different freebsd and centos servers; highly recommended.

Although cygwin simply can be used as a terminal, it's overkill for what you are trying to do as it emulates a shell in the windows environment.

WinSCP is an windows gui for secure cp (scp) protocol and secure ftp (sftp), so it's mostly used for moving files from and to a server via SSH so it won't be useful for checking up on processes.

I think you might be referring to SecureCRT (http://www.vandyke.com/products/securecrt/) but this is a commercial application which does pretty much the same thing as putty.
 
openssh.. http://sshwindows.sourceforge.net has a port that includes the cygwin runtime, so it can run without cygwin.
you can also get the whole cygwin package if you want it's crappy X11 forwarding (any decent form of it costs money).

there's also teraterm and putty, as kamper mentioned.
putty can display colors.. tt, as far as i know, can't.

and winscp is only good for file transfers.
 
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