Re: error using putty command line options

From: Morten Christensen (mc@slet.mig.mc.cx)
Date: 10/27/02 

Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2002 11:58:27 +0100
From: Morten Christensen <mc@slet.mig.mc.cx>

Jon Larsen wrote in mail, at 24-10-02 21:57:

> I'm using putty release 0.53 on Windows 2000 Professional. I have been
> trying to implement an automated log on and execution of a remote command
> using the -pw and -m command line options. I've tried accessing a Solaris
> 5.8 server and a Windows 2000 server running openssh. But everytime I add
> either option to the command line, I get an error message saying "invalid
> port number". I've tried adding the -P option to the command line and
> specifying the port number, but that doesn't change the result. I've been
> able to get this syntax to work so far:
>
> putty -ssh -v user_name@host_ip_address
>
> But putty -ssh -v -pw password user_name@host_ip_address gives me the error.
>
> Anyone had success with this? Thanks.

Never tried it but:

PuTTY can read the portnumber after the ip-adress only
seperated by a space "user@111.222.111.222 2345"

I would use Plink instead of PuTTY for your project.
I think, Plink is more designed for this action. 

--
mvh
Morten Christensen

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