Connecting to Linux with Putty

Introduction

Putty is a free, fine Windows program to connect to Linux through Telnet or SSH.

Setup

Usage

Maximize window

Keep list of hosts and double-click

Remember login/passw

CTRL-C doesn't work

 

Doesn't handle BACKSPACE and DEL : Do you want to continue [Y/n]? dsfdsf^?^?^?^[[3~^[[3~^[[3~

BACKSPACE : Terminal > Keyboard : Backspace key = Control-H

DEL : Function keys and keypad = XTerm BAD, Linux BAD

 

 

Stop flashing windows black/white when hitting BACKSPACE in first column

Resources

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/0.58/htmldoc/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PuTTY