X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/u/mdw/putty/blobdiff_plain/ec3f19be6a97c2f4e76f9d7749209a4581e39c93..e8e5e30aab4ef90db3c511012bc1a8fa0acebea1:/doc/config.but diff --git a/doc/config.but b/doc/config.but index 768610af..fa70a09b 100644 --- a/doc/config.but +++ b/doc/config.but @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -\versionid $Id: config.but,v 1.59 2003/03/07 09:03:11 simon Exp $ +\versionid $Id: config.but,v 1.62 2003/04/12 08:59:06 simon Exp $ \C{config} Configuring PuTTY @@ -89,6 +89,13 @@ Each saved session is independent of the Default Settings configuration. If you change your preferences and update Default Settings, you must also update every saved session separately. +Saved sessions are stored in the Registry, at the location + +\c HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SimonTatham\PuTTY\Sessions + +If you need to store them in a file, you could try the method +described in \k{config-file}. + \S{config-closeonexit} \q{Close Window on Exit} \cfg{winhelp-topic}{session.coe} @@ -769,6 +776,26 @@ 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-qtitle} Disabling remote window title querying + +\cfg{winhelp-topic}{features.qtitle} + +PuTTY can optionally provide the xterm service of allowing server +applications to find out the local window title. This feature is +disabled by default, but you can turn it on if you really want it. + +NOTE that this feature is a \e{potential security hazard}. If a +malicious application can write data to your terminal (for example, +if you merely \c{cat} a file owned by someone else on the server +machine), it can change your window title (unless you have disabled +this as mentioned in \k{config-features-retitle}) and then use this +service to have the new window title sent back to the server as if +typed at the keyboard. This allows an attacker to fake keypresses +and potentially cause your server-side applications to do things you +didn't want. Therefore this feature is disabled by default, and we +recommend you do not turn it on unless you \e{really} know what you +are doing. + \S{config-features-dbackspace} Disabling destructive backspace \cfg{winhelp-topic}{features.dbackspace} @@ -1978,7 +2005,8 @@ To add a port forwarding: \b Set one of the \q{Local} or \q{Remote} radio buttons, depending on whether you want to forward a local port to a remote destination (\q{Local}) or forward a remote port to a local destination -(\q{Remote}). +(\q{Remote}). Alternatively, select \q{Dynamic} if you want PuTTY to +provide a local SOCKS proxy on a local port. \b Enter a source port number into the \q{Source port} box. For local forwardings, PuTTY will listen on this port of your PC. For @@ -1986,10 +2014,12 @@ remote forwardings, your SSH server will listen on this port of the remote machine. Note that most servers will not allow you to listen on port numbers less than 1024. -\b Enter a hostname and port number separated by a colon, in the -\q{Destination} box. Connections received on the source port will be -directed to this destination. For example, to connect to a POP-3 -server, you might enter \c{popserver.example.com:110}. +\b If you have selected \q{Local} or \q{Remote} (this step is not +needed with \q{Dynamic}), enter a hostname and port number separated +by a colon, in the \q{Destination} box. Connections received on the +source port will be directed to this destination. For example, to +connect to a POP-3 server, you might enter +\c{popserver.example.com:110}. \b Click the \q{Add} button. Your forwarding details should appear in the list box. @@ -2023,7 +2053,7 @@ 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. +port. (This also applies to dynamic SOCKS forwarding.) \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