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    1. key list for tortoisesvn?

      With Putty I use Pageant to host my rsa keys so that I can read and write to my subversion server. I love PenguiNet and would like to purchase it for our IT staff, but it doesn't provide anything similar to putty's Pageant and PLink.

      Is there any plans to add this functionality to the product in the future?

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        started  ·  siliconcircusAdminsiliconcircus (Admin, PenguiNet) responded

        We do already have the Pageant functionality – it’s built right in to PenguiNet. In the Connection Profiles window, on the SSH tab, click the “Port fowarding” button and make sure that under “Additionally forward…”, the option “Authentication agent connections from the remote computer” is checked.

        v2.60 will include an equivalent of PLink.

      • Clone session starting directory

        When you Clone an SCP or SFTP connection it would be very useful if the new session started in your current directory.

        if you're working on a file in /a/b/c/d/e/f/g for instance and want to download it, you hit clone SFTP and get taken to /root/ where you have to navigate back to where you started

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        • Add possibility to connect to ssh/scp server via ssh tunnel

          I have some machines to which I can not make a direct connection, but I have to connect via another machine (also via ssh). This is partially possible now by using the "send commands" feature of Penguinet, but it is not very convenient and does not work for SCP sessions. WinSCP supports this already

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            under review  ·  siliconcircusAdminsiliconcircus (Admin, PenguiNet) responded

            This is already technically possible (see below), but I see your point. We could make this easier, such as building a dependency between connections.


            Do this by:
            1. Starting a first connection with a tunnel (from local-machine port 2222, via machine A, to machine B port 22, say)
            2. Start a second connection via that tunnel (setting in profiles
            window: host localhost, port 2222).

          • Show disconnect state on tab

            It would be great to show the connection status on the tab icon show in case you have disabled the disconnect message to have a quick status of the connection. Also please add the possibility to reopen a disconnected session by just pressing enter while the tab has focus.

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              planned  ·  siliconcircusAdminsiliconcircus (Admin, PenguiNet) responded

              We intend to use overlay icons to show extra information about the sessions (such as what protocol they’re using), so we look into this at that point. I don’t have this commited to a version yet, though.

            • Option to limit to single instance

              Have an option "Allow only one instance of PenguiNet". If PenguiNet icon is clicked and it's already open, it can bring this other instance to focus. This is done by IE8 in Win7. New windows can be opened from there.

              This is much better than having a windows tab full of programs with multiple tabs inside them.

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              • Add support for client-side scripting

                It would be nice if a Penguinet session could be initiated and controlled from a script. This would allow us to automate SSH sessions (for example, to automate changes to equipment). I'd like the capability to either launch Penguinet from a batch file specifying a script to run or have API access to Penguinet functions from an existing scripting language (VBScript, Perl, etc.) The feature should not require any user interaction via GUI.

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                  under review  ·  siliconcircusAdminsiliconcircus (Admin, PenguiNet) responded

                  You can already get part-way to what you want to do. Take a look at Help|Contents→Getting started|Command line options and Session|Connection profiles→Send commands. It’s not full scripting, but it will allow you to start PN from a batch file and execute a series of commands.

                  We’ll review the options for scripting.

                • Middle mouse scroll in vim.

                  The thing I like most about gnome-terminal is the fact that it understands the middle mouse scroll. Especially in vim. Penguinet is a freaking amazing and it would awesome if this worked.

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                  • Custom workspace layout

                    I'd like to have the ability to open several connections at once in a consistent, recallable "workspace" layout.

                    EG: Open load monitoring connections on all our servers (profiles are already configured to run "top") and tile them the same way every time.

                    I should be able to:
                    - open connections and arrange them the way I want them to be forevermore
                    - hit "Save Workspace" and give the workspace a name
                    - recall the workspace from the profiles window (could be a separate root tree below the profiles)

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                    • Add codepage support

                      This might already be an option, but I couldn't find it...it would be nice to be able to specify which codepage to use for character translation in a session. For instance, there are times when I need CP437.

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                      • transparency

                        Would really like windows to have the option of being transparent, much like the ubuntu terminals, especially when they are detached.

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                        • Add Snippets - commands we can pre-write and auto-run

                          I'm coming from SSH Explorer and they had this neat toolbar up top that allowed you to create groups and custom commands. Then all you had to do was select the group and you could auto-run that command you wrote. It is kinda like having batch scripts ready to go in your ssh client. Was great for installing/running scripts that I have to do almost on a daily basis with the servers I manage. To get a better idea of what I'm talking about, go download the SSH Explorer free trial and see how they have it.

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                          • add "send text file" option

                            It would be great to be able to make/take canned config files (routers, etc) and upload them line by line automatically like in hyperterm. (see transfer menu in hyperterm)

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                              under review  ·  siliconcircusAdminsiliconcircus (Admin, PenguiNet) responded

                              Thanks for the suggestion. We are not currently planning to implement this, but will happily reconsider if people vote this up.

                            • URL's should launch a browser

                              Among hundreds of other things we use a terminal client for, we keep a company IRC channel open.

                              URL's which are entered on-channel have to be manually copied/pasted ito a browser, which is suboptimal.

                              Please - consider including this functionality in future versions.

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                              • Send command to multiple windows

                                One of the things we do right now is execute the same commands on many servers simultaneously. For instance to update all proprietary software or to verify configuration. It would be nice to be able to send any arbitrary command to all open windows ( anything from a simple ls, to the execution of a script file) so that I type 'ls -al' once, but see the output of that on all 16 open windows.

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                                • Add quick open text box

                                  Instead of having to navigate my very large tree of hosts, it would be nice to have a quick open text input box that you could type in the connection name. This could also provide suggestions based on the users input.

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                                  • Profile Share between Users on Terminal-Server

                                    Dear PenguiNet team,

                                    we used Version 2.54 on a terminal server with more then one user! In earlier versions we used one profile file. So everyone had the full list of our devices!

                                    Now it seems that every user has his own database (profile) is it possible to use one together!?

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                                    • persistent session manager

                                      hey, I work at a company with many servers. I am connected to at least 5 at a time, and I would be connected to many more, but the problem is when I get disconnected, I have to manually reconnect to everything.

                                      penguinet handles this decently well currently, as I can just click reconnect.. but, I will typically SSH from one server to another (due to how we have security setup), and if I get disconnected I still have to do all this manually.

                                      also, a reboot will of course force me to open a connection to each server again.

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                                        planned  ·  siliconcircusAdminsiliconcircus (Admin, PenguiNet) responded

                                        Thanks for the idea. You can do something approaching what you want already: within “Send commands” on the “Login” tab, you can set up a script to ssh from some server on to another server.

                                        On the “Options” tab, you can set a parent profile to connect to a bunch of profiles underneath it (“Connect to all children”).

                                        I realise this isn’t quite what you’re after, but as a stopgap solution, you may find it helpful.

                                      • ipv6

                                        IPv6 Supporti is mandatory for many user
                                        Can you extent penguinet?

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                                        • problem getting onto server using SCP session?

                                          I have about 50 server I connect to. Many different Unix and Linux OS's. I can connect using SSH, never a problem. But about half of the server do not let me connect using SCP for file transfers. The message it says is: Permission to change to the selected directory was denied. The directory was not changed. I use the same password for all and have LDAP server. I checked my password, but nothing will let me get to these paticular servers?

                                          I use WinSCP for these servers and connect with no problem? What's going on here?

                                          Jdwyer@PTSnetwork.com

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                                          • Synchronize Directories

                                            Synchronize files/directories between Local and Remote sources

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                                              under review  ·  siliconcircusAdminsiliconcircus (Admin, PenguiNet) responded

                                              PenguiNet already has a feature to allow local files to be uploaded automatically after editing. Would that help?

                                              In general, the concept of synchronisation sounds useful. Please can you provide more information on the kind of features you would use?

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