Re: Putty don't allow me to use CTRL + ]

From: Jacob Nevins (jacobn_at_chiark.greenend.org.uk)
Date: 07/29/04 

Date: 29 Jul 2004 11:55:45 +0100 (BST)

Grant Skywalker <grant_skywalker@yahoo.com.au> writes:
>I'm new to Putty, when i log in to a unix server using Windows's
>telnet, it says i can use escape character 'CTRL + ]' but Putty
>doesn't seem to allow me to log out.

The escape character `CTRL + ]' is usually used to get the attention
of the local Telnet client, to do things such as setting options.
PuTTY doesn't have an equivalent of this key, as you can get its
attention using GUI widgets (pull-down menus, etc); it doesn't treat
that key combination as special and passes it through to the remote
server.

You shouldn't normally need to use a Telnet escape to log out -- it's
usually better to tell the server you want to log out (on Unix,
usually `logout' or `CTRL + d'). That said, the equivalent of logging
out using a Telnet escape would be to press the Close (`[X]') button
on the PuTTY window.