Questions tagged [plink]
Plink (PuTTY link) is a command-line connection tool similar to UNIX ssh.
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PLink telnet from Excel VBA - avoid login delay, or maintain session for multiple queries
I have a Linux box which I'm testing, and I have an Excel workbook with tables of tests I'm running. (Don't get tied up on Linux, it's just a Telnet target for the purposes of this question.) The ...
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Create Telnet connections to multiple servers and log the welcome messages
I need to remotely determine what FileZilla Server version is installed on a large number of computers .
I know that if I initialise a Telnet connection to a FZ server, I will get a response that ...
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plink bash -c skips arguments to first command
When I combine plink with bash -c, first command does not receive parameters.
Command:
plink -batch myuser@myhost bash -c 'echo one; echo two; echo three'
Actual output
<empty line>
two
three
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How does Plink parse session names?
If Plink is invoked with an argument which could be a host name or a saved PuTTY session, how is it parsed?
For example, suppose I have saved a PuTTY session named "192.168.4.4". Will the ...
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I have a VB script that opens Plink to communicate to a Cognex Insight sensor via Telnet. How to prevent exit when I send two {Enter} in a row?
The Cognex Insight smart sensor has a built in Telnet over ethernet protocol. I am using PuTTY to configure the Telnet communication.
When PuTTY is started, it establishes communication with the ...
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Running pod install through plink gives sh:1: command not found: pod
I want to run pod install on macOS 12.4 remotely from a windows 11 machine.
Im currently using (option 1)
plink -ssh -v 192.168.101.129 -l user1 -pw pw1 "pod install"
However, this gives
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plink - Server refused our key - No supported authentication methods available
I am using a .ppk file with putty to connect to my AWS server. This works with no problems.
However, if I try to use the same .ppk file with plink then I get an error:
Attempt:
"C:\Program Files (...
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How to disable StrictHostKeyChecking in Plink? (Using plink so I can specify password)
Yes, I know, it's insecure: I will be using this for my personal Raspberry Pi, on my personal computer, on my home wifi, and I will have nothing important on there.
I'm just making a profile in the ...
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windows cmd terminal or git bash or conEmu press up arrow key doesn't set 0x1b 0x5b 0x41 in subshell (using putty plink)
I'm using putty's plink command to login to serial console, when press up arrow key, 0x1b 0x5b 0x41 is expected to set to MCU and I can use the shell history. But it doesn't work, it's work in putty ...
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How to run a remote command in PuTTY after login in
in my Windows machine I try to login automatically to remote server (it works) and after then to run commands (i want to reboot it but it does not matter)
I using bat file to log in and run commands:
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Sending data from .txt file to raw connection with Plink automatically?
I'm trying to create an automated excel script and I want that script to send the output data to another system through plink for example.
I've succeeded with opening the plink and connecting to the ...
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Can't insert correct "enable" secret password with Plink.exe for my Dell switch
I'm trying to use "Plink.exe" to connect throught SSH to my Dell switch N1548P and run "enable" command to enter EXEC mode. I'm using Plink with CMD in Windows 10. This is the ...
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Cannot enter password automatically in Terminal PuTTY plink command to connect CentOS 7 in Windows
I want to connect CentOS 7 in Windows Terminal, when I use command:
ssh [email protected]
The arrow keys works well, but ssh command can't enter password automatically.
So, I use PuTTY plink ...
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plink.exe - force timeout for remote operations
Have script which daily reading configs from bunch of network devices utilizing plink.exe. Time by time, some device have stucked internal process which provide backup data and plink instance (and ...
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Plink using PuTTY colour scheme
I'm trying to open plink from a *.bat on Windows 10, with the colour scheme defined from an existing session in PuTTY, and while the commands are correctly executing, and the right results displayed, ...
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PuTTY / plink - How to execute command AND keep shell alive
I'm remote connecting to a linux machine from windows using PLINK and would like to execute some commands in a batch script right after connecting, but it seems I cannot keep the terminal alive.
After ...
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CMD echo working with PLINK>exe
good day, I tried to use the format below for my plink and when I went to login with the username I changed the password on it didn't accept the new password. so my question is, when using "(...
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Tunneling using Plink to localhost on Windows
Currently im using following command (in cmd) to tunnel using PuTTY, and it's working fine:
putty.exe [email protected] -P 22 -L 10.24.0.200:2022:localhost:22
10.24.0.5 = my application server (...
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How do I change this Unix command to run in PuTTY or Plink on Windows
ssh -L 5432:anRDSDATABASE.rAndomLe34.eu-west-2.rds.amazonaws.com:5432 -o ProxyCommand="ssh -W %h:%p [email protected]" [email protected]
I am struggling to work out how transform the ...
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What is the priority between ssh key types on a ssh connection?
While developing a ssh tool that connects to a sever I have seen the following:
In Windows(with plink), it uses the ssh-ed25519 server key type to make the handshake and confirm it's fingerprint. In ...
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Automate command execution on switch using Plink
Periodically my IT team and I need to turn off the WiFi to everyone in the workplace for maintenance. Currently we log into the switch using PuTTY and enter the commands to shut off the WiFi, this ...
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plink not echoing stderr
I am using plink to run commands on a windows server running openssh. It appears that plink doesn't echo output that is on stderr. For example, where bork.exe prints "stdout" to stdout and "stderr" to ...
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How would I replicate these ssh commands using Putty or plink for a windows computer?
I am trying to understand the connection flow of the following setup, so that I may replicate the remote commands using windows putty or plink.
I have 3 computers:
local - intermediate - remote
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Plink occasionally stalls on error, but does not exit until user presses key
I am working on a batch script to automatically remote port forward. The batch script is as follows:
start cmd.exe /k "FOR /L %%N IN () DO plink.exe -v -ssh -batch -C -T -N -R 3389:127.0.0.1:3389 ...
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Cannot SSH from WSL1 (but from PS it works)
Does anyone know what could be the reason behind WSL not being able to SSH to a remote host, even though when using PUTTY, MobaXterm, XShell or even just Windows Powershell, the connection is clearly ...
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Plink reverse ssh tunnel not working
I am trying to connect to a windows host (destination) behind a firewall via a reverse ssh tunnel.
On the remote server I have edited /etc/ssh/ssh_config to enable
AllowTcpForwarding yes
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How to provide two input lines to command executed with Plink
I have a issue like my script prompts to type Yes or No after sudo password prompt. So my question is if we have some way to pass two echo back to back? How can I do it?
plink -ssh -no-antispoof ...
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Plink is not accepting sudo password with dollar sign using echo
My Plink command is connecting successfully to the server using below command
plink -ssh -no-antispoof USERNAME@SERVERNAME -pw HQ$tbHuvlk -t
but when uses below command foe sudo its not working. ...
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Why does plink or bash not recognize command on first line of remote commands file?
I am using plink and pageant in PowerShell to connect to and run commands on a linux machine via ssh. Within the PS script I am attempting to provide a unix script file to plink as follows.
test.ps1:
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command line plink remote target capture traffic via jumphost [duplicate]
I am trying to capture remote host traffic via jumphost from a Windows machine and display in Wireshark.
When PUTTY GUI is used and configured as below
Created and saved SSH session (bastion-host) ...
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plink - how to exit SSH session?
I have one linux machine with ssh enabled. I used plink on another machine (windows) to connect to my linux machine. After successfully connecting, I just exited power shell console and now I don't ...
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Using Plink.exe to remotely logon to remote RedHat Linux server to run local Perl script
Long time member, first time poster. I have researched this issue thoroughly but I have not found a solution to this particular issue.
I work in a NOC and I am responsible for monitoring servers. ...
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Does `-m` argument in `plink.exe` execute local or remote files?
I was trying to execute this remote file, but I keep getting error as "unable to open command file".
plink.exe [email protected] -m //localfile/file.txt
Will setting argument as -m execute the file ...
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plink - Password change required but no TTY available
I have 1000 servers to work with, but today all the server passwords expired.
I regularly use plink (PuTTY) to connect with 1000 servers. Today I got error “Password change required but no TTY ...
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Executing multiple commands over serial port with PuTTY with a .bat file with a delay between individual commands
send.bat:
plink -load test < commands.txt
(test is a saved session in putty)
commands.txt
echo set_zero
timeout /t 3 /nobreak >nul 2>&1
pause >nul 2>&1
echo set_a 65535
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Plink does not work with commands file for git in sudo
I use plink.exe for automatisation of git commands and this works fine. But i need to use this with servers with login of sudo
plink.exe -ssh argenti[email protected] -m commands.txt
my commands....
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Unexpected behavior in VBScript with SendKeys
I'm attempting to create a VBScript I can run from a scheduled task to restart our SonicWall firewall. The firewall is a "lower-end" business model (TZ400), and I periodically have to reboot it ...
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How to access a serial device from VM Server
I have a serial device that is physically connected to my Window PC. From my window, I can use "PUTTY" to set up the connection to access this device and do some extra work after login this device.
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Why is an SSH socks5 proxy performing better than a normal socks5 proxy?
I've been trying to setup a proxy tunnel for gaming for the past month and have encountered (To me) a very strange issue.
Currently I'm using a socksifier to redirect/edit the connect() command on a ...
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Is it possible to create a SOCKS chain using PLink on Windows?
I've been trying to create a chain of SOCKS proxies using the Dynamic Port parameter of PLink/PuTTy, but to no success. I'm currently trying to chain from my Windows machine using PLink/PuTTy > Linux ...
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Putty manual session and Plink session behave differently
HI I'm connecting to a remote Linux server using putty from a win PC and executing certain commands there. I wish to automate the tasks using plink as follows:
plink serveradress -l userid -pwd pass -...
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How to pipe input to Wireshark in Windows Power Shell?
I am trying to run the following command in Power Shell:
C:\Users\mne\Desktop\plink.exe -ssh -pw abc root@myhost "tcpdump -w - -U -i vethf90673c 'port 5000'" | &"C:\Program Files\Wireshark\...
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How to escape password in plink sudo command?
When trying to login with plink to a server I don't know how to pass the sudo password in the command correctly.
I use something like this:
plink -ssh -t <user>@<server> -pw <password&...
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How to catch “Access denied” using plink from powershell script
I have a powershell script that calls the following command:
plink -batch -ssh $defUser@$srv -pw $defPassword -m $executeCommandFile
The problem that $defPassword is not always the same/correct. How ...
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Properly escape awk command from powershell over plink
After (Powershell: Properly escape apostrophes) I still haven't figured out how to get those escapes right when executing a command over plink, coming from powershell.
What I am trying to execute at ...
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ConEmu and console SSH clients that produce raw output (no ANSI escapes processed)
I use PuTTY daily and I use ConEmu heavily too (the latter mostly for Far Manager). A week ago I stopped using MTPuTTY in order to put PuTTY directly into ConEmu (because MTPuTTY grabs focus too ...
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Plink is not switching user using su command
I am connecting to a server via plink as follows:
plink -ssh -l username -pw password example.host.com -m C:\Putty\input.txt > C:\Putty\output.txt
input.txt contains
whoami
su - newsuser
whoami
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Powershell: Properly escape apostrophes
I want to execute a command from powershell, which in turn executes a command on a foreign server, using plink. But this only works if I do not have ' or " in the command, otherwise Powershell jumps ...
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Make a reverse dynamic port forward using only Plink
A lot of tuto online give an explanation about how to configure ssh to make a dynamic port forwarding server. In my case, using only Plink, I have some trouble.
The context is as follow : I want all ...
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Tunneling Using Plink: Command Line Option for "Local ports accept connections from other hosts"
I am trying to forward port from A:1234 to B:5678. Now, C will connect to A:1234 and will get forwarded to B:5678.
I could get this to work using PuTTY using this configuration:
PuTTY Tunnels ...
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