X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/~mdw/sgt/putty/blobdiff_plain/b7e2c1638bbde9a46f951ec40acedd805efe6979..72be5b5ec697d1a93ed091721031b9979c6d9633:/doc/faq.but diff --git a/doc/faq.but b/doc/faq.but index 59e540f3..8acd6364 100644 --- a/doc/faq.but +++ b/doc/faq.but @@ -101,6 +101,21 @@ authentication, which is more flexible and more secure. See \k{pubkey} in the documentation for a full discussion of public key authentication. +\S{faq-server} Will you write an SSH server for the PuTTY suite, to +go with the client? + +No. The only reason we might want to would be if we could easily +re-use existing code and significantly cut down the effort. We don't +believe this is the case; there just isn't enough common ground +between an SSH client and server to make it worthwhile. + +If someone else wants to use bits of PuTTY in the process of writing +a Windows SSH server, they'd be perfectly welcome to of course, but +I really can't see it being a lot less effort for us to do that than +it would be for us to write a server from the ground up. We don't +have time, and we don't have motivation. The code is available if +anyone else wants to try it. + \H{faq-ports} Ports to other operating systems The eventual goal is for PuTTY to be a multi-platform program, able @@ -272,6 +287,23 @@ Windows users don't have a middle button at all. You can also paste by pressing Shift-Ins. +\S{faq-tunnels} How do I use X forwarding and port forwarding? I +can't find the Tunnels panel. + +If you're looking in the 0.51 release or earlier, the Tunnels panel +isn't there. It was added in the development snapshots after 0.51, +and releases 0.52 and onwards will contain it. + +\S{faq-options} How do I use all PuTTY's features (public keys, port +forwarding, SSH v2, etc.) in PSCP, PSFTP and Plink? + +The command-line tools are currently rather short of command line +options to enable this sort of thing. However, you can use most of +PuTTY's features if you create a PuTTY saved session, and then use +the name of the saved session on the command line in place of a +hostname. This works for PSCP, PSFTP and Plink (but don't expect +port forwarding in the file transfer applications!). + \S{faq-pscp} How do I use PSCP.EXE? When I double-click it gives me a command prompt window which then closes instantly. @@ -487,6 +519,17 @@ your terminal runs the risk of sending the same control sequence by accident, and cause unexpected changes in the window title. Don't do it. +\S{faq-password} My keyboard stops working once PuTTY displays the +password prompt. + +No, it doesn't. PuTTY just doesn't display the password you type, so +that someone looking at your screen can't see what it is. + +Unlike the Windows login prompts, PuTTY doesn't display the password +as a row of asterisks either. This is so that someone looking at +your screen can't even tell how \e{long} your password is, which +might be valuable information. + \H{faq-secure} Security questions \S{faq-publicpc} Is it safe for me to download PuTTY and use it on a