Re: Is Putty a full replacement of the command line (openssh) client ?

From: Cantankerous Old Git (CantankerousOldGit_at_gmail.com)
Date: 07/19/05 

Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 18:58:35 +0100

Peter Meister wrote:
> I wonder wether the well known Putty software is a full replacement for the Openssh client
> (=command line ssh.exe)?
>
> In other words can I setup port redirections/tunneling for other software (e.g. MailClient)
> with the help of Putty as well or is Putty only a telnet client for an SSH server?
>
> If it works as a full SSH client: Is there somewhere a good tutorial on how to set it up
> for a port redirection?
>
> Peter
>

Putty is capable of setting up tunneling. The configuration is
done in the GUI, but IIRC it can be saved as a profile and then
named as a command line argument when launching putty again.

I can't point you at a manual, but it's not hard to figure out
when the GUI is in front of you.

The Cog.

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