-\versionid $Id: config.but,v 1.19 2001/12/11 21:00:01 simon Exp $
+\versionid $Id: config.but,v 1.32 2002/05/11 13:03:47 owen Exp $
\C{config} Configuring PuTTY
else can replay the session later in slow motion and watch to see
what went wrong.
+\b \q{Log SSH packet data}. In this mode (which is only used by SSH
+connections), the SSH message packets sent over the encrypted
+connection are written to the log file. You might need this to debug
+a network-level problem, or more likely to send to the PuTTY authors
+as part of a bug report. \e{BE WARNED} that if you log in using a
+password, the password will appear in the log file, so be sure to
+edit it out before sending the log file to anyone else!
+
\S{config-logfilename} \q{Log file name}
\cfg{winhelp-topic}{logging.filename}
be empty, this problem should go away, but doing so might cause
other problems.
+Note that this is \e{not} the feature of PuTTY which the server will
+typically use to determine your terminal type. That feature is the
+\q{Terminal-type string} in the Connection panel; see
+\k{config-termtype} for details.
+
\S{config-localecho} \q{Local echo}
\cfg{winhelp-topic}{terminal.localecho}
local line editing to be turned on, or force it to be turned off,
instead of relying on the automatic detection.
+\S{config-printing} Remote-controlled printing
+
+\cfg{winhelp-topic}{terminal.printing}
+
+A lot of VT100-compatible terminals support printing under control
+of the remote server. PuTTY supports this feature as well, but it is
+turned off by default.
+
+To enable remote-controlled printing, choose a printer from the
+\q{Printer to send ANSI printer output to} drop-down list box. This
+should allow you to select from all the printers you have installed
+drivers for on your computer. Alternatively, you can type the
+network name of a networked printer (for example,
+\c{\\\\printserver\\printer1}) even if you haven't already
+installed a driver for it on your own machine.
+
+When the remote server attempts to print some data, PuTTY will send
+that data to the printer \e{raw} - without translating it,
+attempting to format it, or doing anything else to it. It is up to
+you to ensure your remote server knows what type of printer it is
+talking to.
+
+Since PuTTY sends data to the printer raw, it cannot offer options
+such as portrait versus landscape, print quality, or paper tray
+selection. All these things would be done by your PC printer driver
+(which PuTTY bypasses); if you need them done, you will have to find
+a way to configure your remote server to do them.
+
+To disable remote printing again, choose \q{None (printing
+disabled)} from the printer selection list. This is the default
+state.
+
\H{config-keyboard} The Keyboard panel
The Keyboard configuration panel allows you to control the behaviour
Application Cursor Keys mode can be turned on and off by the server,
depending on the application. PuTTY allows you to configure the
-initial state, and also allows you to disable application mode
-completely.
+initial state.
+
+You can also disable application cursor keys mode completely, using
+the \q{Features} configuration panel; see
+\k{config-features-application}.
\S{config-appkeypad} Controlling Application Keypad mode
Application keypad mode can be turned on and off by the server,
depending on the application. PuTTY allows you to configure the
-initial state, and also allows you to disable application mode
-completely.
+initial state.
+
+You can also disable application keypad mode completely, using the
+\q{Features} configuration panel; see
+\k{config-features-application}.
\S{config-nethack} Using NetHack keypad mode
in to do so, and how much silent time is required before the
overload feature will deactivate itself.
+\H{config-features} The Features panel
+
+PuTTY's terminal emulation is very highly featured, and can do a lot
+of things under remote server control. Some of these features can
+cause problems due to buggy or strangely configured server
+applications.
+
+The Features configuration panel allows you to disable some of
+PuTTY's more advanced terminal features, in case they cause trouble.
+
+\S{config-features-application} Disabling application keypad and cursor keys
+
+\cfg{winhelp-topic}{features.application}
+
+Application keypad mode (see \k{config-appkeypad}) and application
+cursor keys mode (see \k{config-appcursor}) alter the behaviour of
+the keypad and cursor keys. Some applications enable these modes but
+then do not deal correctly with the modified keys. You can force
+these modes to be permanently disabled no matter what the server
+tries to do.
+
+\S{config-features-mouse} Disabling \cw{xterm}-style mouse reporting
+
+\cfg{winhelp-topic}{features.mouse}
+
+PuTTY allows the server to send control codes that let it take over
+the mouse and use it for purposes other than copy and paste.
+Applications which use this feature include the text-mode web
+browser \c{links}, the Usenet newsreader \c{trn} version 4, and the
+file manager \c{mc} (Midnight Commander).
+
+If you find this feature inconvenient, you can disable it using the
+\q{Disable xterm-style mouse reporting} control. With this box
+ticked, the mouse will \e{always} do copy and paste in the normal
+way.
+
+Note that even if the application takes over the mouse, you can
+still manage PuTTY's copy and paste by holding down the Shift key
+while you select and paste, unless you have deliberately turned this
+feature off (see \k{config-mouseshift}).
+
+\S{config-features-resize} Disabling remote terminal resizing
+
+\cfg{winhelp-topic}{features.resize}
+
+PuTTY has the ability to change the terminal's size and position in
+response to commands from the server. If you find PuTTY is doing
+this unexpectedly or inconveniently, you can tell PuTTY not to
+respond to those server commands.
+
+\S{config-features-altscreen} Disabling switching to the alternate screen
+
+\cfg{winhelp-topic}{features.altscreen}
+
+Many terminals, including PuTTY, support an \q{alternate screen}.
+This is the same size as the ordinary terminal screen, but separate.
+Typically a screen-based program such as a text editor might switch
+the terminal to the alternate screen before starting up. Then at the
+end of the run, it switches back to the primary screen, and you see
+the screen contents just as they were before starting the editor.
+
+Some people prefer this not to happen. If you want your editor to
+run in the same screen as the rest of your terminal activity, you
+can disable the alternate screen feature completely.
+
+\S{config-features-retitle} Disabling remote window title changing
+
+\cfg{winhelp-topic}{features.retitle}
+
+PuTTY has the ability to change the window title in response to
+commands from the server. If you find PuTTY is doing this
+unexpectedly or inconveniently, you can tell PuTTY not to respond to
+those server commands.
+
+\S{config-features-dbackspace} Disabling destructive backspace
+
+\cfg{winhelp-topic}{features.dbackspace}
+
+Normally, when PuTTY receives character 127 (^?) from the server, it
+will perform a \q{destructive backspace}: move the cursor one space
+left and delete the character under it. This can apparently cause
+problems in some applications, so PuTTY provides the ability to
+configure character 127 to perform a normal backspace (without
+deleting a character) instead.
+
+\S{config-features-charset} Disabling remote character set
+configuration
+
+\cfg{winhelp-topic}{features.charset}
+
+PuTTY has the ability to change its character set configuration in
+response to commands from the server. Some programs send these
+commands unexpectedly or inconveniently. In particular, BitchX (an
+IRC client) seems to have a habit of reconfiguring the character set
+to something other than the user intended.
+
+If you find that accented characters are not showing up the way you
+expect them to, particularly if you're running BitchX, you could try
+disabling the remote character set configuration commands.
+
\H{config-window} The Window panel
The Window configuration panel allows you to control aspects of the
If you select \q{UTF-8} as a character set you can use this mode.
Not all server-side applications will support it.
+If you need support for a numeric code page which is not listed in
+the drop-down list, such as code page 866, then you should be able
+to enter its name manually (\c{CP866} for example) in the list box
+and get the right result.
+
\S{config-cyr} \q{Caps Lock acts as Cyrillic switch}
\cfg{winhelp-topic}{translation.cyrillic}
checkbox will cause Shift + mouse clicks to go to the server as well
(so that mouse-driven copy and paste will be completely disabled).
+If you want to prevent the application from taking over the mouse at
+all, you can do this using the Features control panel; see
+\k{config-features-mouse}.
+
\S{config-rectselect} Default selection mode
\cfg{winhelp-topic}{selection.rect}
This mechanism currently only covers ASCII characters, because it
isn't feasible to expand the list to cover the whole of Unicode.
+Character class definitions can be modified by control sequences
+sent by the server. This configuration option only controls the
+\e{default} state. If you modify this option in mid-session using
+\q{Change Settings}, you will need to reset the terminal (see
+\k{reset-terminal}) before the change takes effect.
+
\H{config-colours} The Colours panel
The Colours panel allows you to control PuTTY's use of colour.
The Nagle algorithm is disabled by default.
+\H{config-proxy} The Proxy panel
+
+The Proxy panel allows you to configure PuTTY to use various types
+of proxy in order to make its network connections. The settings in
+this panel affect the primary network connection forming your PuTTY
+session, but also any extra connections made as a result of SSH port
+forwarding (see \k{using-port-forwarding}).
+
+\S{config-proxy-type} Setting the proxy type
+
+The \q{Proxy type} radio buttons allow you to configure what type of
+proxy you want PuTTY to use for its network connections. The default
+setting is \q{None}; in this mode no proxy is used for any
+connection.
+
+\b Selecting \q{HTTP} allows you to proxy your connections through a
+web server supporting the HTTP \cw{CONNECT} command, as documented
+in \W{http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2817.txt}{RFC 2817}.
+
+\b Selecting \q{SOCKS} allows you to proxy your connections through
+a SOCKS server.
+
+\b Many firewalls implement a less formal type of proxy in which a
+user can make a Telnet connection directly to the firewall machine
+and enter a command such as \c{connect myhost.com 22} to connect
+through to an external host. Selecting \q{Telnet} allows you to tell
+PuTTY to use this type of proxy.
+
+Note [FIXME] that SOCKS is not yet supported, although it should be
+by the time we make our next release.
+
+\S{config-proxy-exclude} Excluding parts of the network from proxying
+
+Typically you will only need to use a proxy to connect to non-local
+parts of your network; for example, your proxy might be required for
+connections outside your company's internal network. In the
+\q{Exclude Hosts/IPs} box you can enter ranges of IP addresses, or
+ranges of DNS names, for which PuTTY will avoid using the proxy and
+make a direct connection instead.
+
+The \q{Exclude Hosts/IPs} box may contain more than one exclusion
+range, separated by commas. Each range can be an IP address or a DNS
+name, with a \c{*} character allowing wildcards. For example:
+
+\c *.example.com
+
+This excludes any host with a name ending in \c{.example.com} from
+proxying.
+
+\c 192.168.88.*
+
+This excludes any host with an IP address starting with 192.168.88
+from proxying.
+
+\c 192.168.88.*,*.example.com
+
+This excludes both of the above ranges at once.
+
+\S{config-proxy-auth} Username and password
+
+If your proxy requires authentication, you can enter a username and
+a password in the \q{Username} and \q{Password} boxes.
+
+Currently these boxes have no effect ( [FIXME] presumably they're
+for SOCKS only).
+
+\S{config-proxy-command} Specifying the Telnet proxy command
+
+If you are using the Telnet proxy type, the usual command required
+by the firewall's Telnet server is \c{connect}, followed by a host
+name and a port number. If your proxy needs a different command,
+you can enter an alternative here.
+
+In this string, you can use \c{\\n} to represent a new-line, \c{\\r}
+to represent a carriage return, \c{\\t} to represent a tab
+character, and \c{\\x} followed by two hex digits to represent any
+other character. \c{\\\\} is used to encode the \c{\\} character
+itself.
+
+Also, the special strings \c{%host} and \c{%port} will be replaced
+by the host name and port number you want to connect to. To get a
+literal \c{%} sign, enter \c{%%}.
+
+\S{config-proxy-socksver} Selecting the version of the SOCKS protocol
+
+SOCKS servers exist in two versions: version 5
+(\W{http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1928.txt}{RFC 1928}) and the earlier
+version 4. The \q{SOCKS Version} radio buttons allow you to select
+which one to use, if you have selected the SOCKS proxy type.
+
\H{config-telnet} The Telnet panel
The Telnet panel allows you to configure options that only apply to
Telnet special interrupt code. You probably shouldn't enable this
unless you know what you're doing.
+\S{config-telnetnl} \q{Return key sends telnet New Line instead of ^M}
+
+\cfg{winhelp-topic}{telnet.newline}
+
+Unlike most other remote login protocols, the Telnet protocol has a
+special \q{new line} code that is not the same as the usual line
+endings of Control-M or Control-J. By default, PuTTY sends the
+Telnet New Line code when you press Return, instead of sending
+Control-M as it does in most other protocols.
+
+Most Unix-style Telnet servers don't mind whether they receive
+Telnet New Line or Control-M; some servers do expect New Line, and
+some servers prefer to see ^M. If you are seeing surprising
+behaviour when you press Return in a Telnet session, you might try
+turning this option off to see if it helps.
+
\H{config-rlogin} The Rlogin panel
The Rlogin panel allows you to configure options that only apply to
PuTTY will attempt to use protocol 1 if the server you connect to
does not offer protocol 2, and vice versa.
+If you select \q{2 only} here, PuTTY will only connect if the server
+you connect to offers SSH protocol version 2.
+
\S{config-ssh-macbug} \q{Imitate SSH 2 MAC bug}
\cfg{winhelp-topic}{ssh.buggymac}
administrator about precisely what form these challenges and
responses take.
-\S{config-ssh-tis} \q{Attempt keyboard-interactive authentication}
+\S{config-ssh-ki} \q{Attempt keyboard-interactive authentication}
\cfg{winhelp-topic}{ssh.auth.ki}
there is a security risk involved with enabling this option; see
\k{pageant-security} for details.
-\S{config-ssh-agentfwd} \q{Allow attempted changes of username in SSH2}
+\S{config-ssh-changeuser} \q{Allow attempted changes of username in SSH2}
\cfg{winhelp-topic}{ssh.auth.changeuser}
To remove a port forwarding, simply select its details in the list
box, and click the \q{Remove} button.
+\S{config-ssh-portfwd-localhost} Controlling the visibility of
+forwarded ports
+
+\cfg{winhelp-topic}{ssh.tunnels.portfwd.localhost}
+
+The source port for a forwarded connection usually does not accept
+connections from any machine except the SSH client or server machine
+itself (for local and remote forwardings respectively). There are
+controls in the Tunnels panel to change this:
+
+\b The \q{Local ports accept connections from other hosts} option
+allows you to set up local-to-remote port forwardings in such a way
+that machines other than your client PC can connect to the forwarded
+port.
+
+\b The \q{Remote ports do the same} option does the same thing for
+remote-to-local port forwardings (so that machines other than the
+SSH server machine can connect to the forwarded port.) Note that
+this feature is only available in the SSH 2 protocol, and not all
+SSH 2 servers support it (OpenSSH 3.0 does not, for example).
+
\H{config-file} Storing configuration in a file
PuTTY does not currently support storing its configuration in a file
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