SSH made easy?

[kalidust]

Right now I'm using putty for to SSH. I'm not familiar with many of the commands and such.

Does anyone know of a SSH program that would make this easier for me?

[capnqwest]

Karen, I'd stick with Putty and almost all of the programs work exactly the same. For an excellent command tutorial, check out http://www.linuxcommand.org/. It's extremely easy to follow and will make you feel like an expert in less than an hour.

[Chris]

As a new person to ssh I found the evaluation version of this very nice. It has a command line screen or a folder view screen.

http://www.ssh.com/support/downloads/secureshellwks/non-commercial.html

[capnqwest]

As a new person to ssh I found the evaluation version of this very nice. It has a command line screen or a folder view screen.

http://www.ssh.com/support/downloads/secureshellwks/non-commercial.html


I'm not sure why anyone would want to pay $149 to get the same functionality as Putty which is free. If you really want a visual explorer, try mc. To get MC, follow these steps:

1) root@host [~]# yum install mc
2) Is this ok [y/N]: y
3) root@host [~]# mc

you will see THIS (http://www.raincitystory.com/images/mc.jpg)

[syntiva]

I think the simple answer is no.

Most ssh and similar clients provide you with the tools you need to work from the terminal. To be fair providing much more would go beyond their purpose and that of using a terminal. Yes, mc and the secure shell client will help you, but in the long term, learning the shell (bash), learning linux commands/utilities, learning the filesystem and patience is what you'll need. Using ssh and a basic text screen seems difficult and archaic in the world of windows and pretty GUIs, but its essential to get comfortable with it. Its fast and powerful. In the short term, make a basic bash/linux cheat sheet, learn it, use it and slowly add to it. Just keep at it.

[sewmyheadon]

Thanks for the cool links, guys - I really dig linuxcommand.org.