[plug] putty for Red Hat Linux 7.3

[Randal Adamson]

Hi Bret,

As Craig and Leon stated (and as I stated originally), plain ol' simple
ssh will still do what you need. I have ssh logging setup as default on
all my debian boxes. I can go in as root and check each user's logs to
see what they've been up to ... i.e.:

#cat .bash_history | less 

or

#export HISTFILE=$HOME/.sh_history

(at a very basic level) or if you want all input and output data in a
session, do as craig suggested, and setup a script (or what is known as
a STREAMS module <- be careful here as this can be considered as
SPYWARE). 

Couple this up with screen and you've got some serious *nix-ing fun :P

I believe (but don't quote me) the latest unstable version (which I
think sometimes is a misleading term) of ssh alleviates the known
openssh vulnerabilities. A quick subscription to your distro's security
notices will alert you of this (Debian has a fantastic support net for
security-related info - headed by Martin Schulze) - RedHat isn't too bad
either.

Personally, I would prefer to use this method than putty - as you have
much more flexibility and control over your systems.

Happy ssh'ing ;)

Ranz

-----Original Message-----
From: plug-bounces at plug.linux.org.au
[mailto:plug-bounces at plug.linux.org.au] On Behalf Of Bret Busby
Sent: Tuesday, 13 April 2004 5:43 PM
To: Perth Linux User Group
Subject: Re: [plug] putty for Red Hat Linux 7.3

On Tue, 13 Apr 2004, Craig Ringer wrote:

> 
> On Tue, 2004-04-13 at 17:14, Bret Busby wrote:
> > I need to use putty.
> 
> Sure.
> 
> > In searching the Internet for a putty RPM for Red Hat Linux 7.3, the

> > only site with RPM's that I found, was at 
> > http://dag.wieers.com/packages/putty
> 
> If you mean the PuTTY terminal emulator, last I heard it was a
> Windows-only program. AFAIK it's been made to run under WINE, but if
> there's a Linux port it's news to me.
> 
> I'm a little confused about why you need PuTTY anyway. Surely the
> openssh command line tools in an xterm do the same job?
> 

I need putty, as it apparenly includes a "Log all session output" 
option, which is needed.

>From my understanding, putty allows both the logging of a connect 
session with a remote system, and, the transferral of material between 
the remote session and the local host - allowing for material to both be

saved from the remote system to the local system, and, files from the 
local system, to be put into the session.

I have been using ssh (from my understanding, vulnerabilities have 
occurred with openssh, and I do not know whether the ssh that I have 
been using, involves openssh), but I am not aware of anyability to 
weither log a session, or to allow inputting files from the local 
system, into the session (notsomuch into the remote system, as 
transferring text into the session and out of the session).

-- 
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
..............

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