Plink, or PuTTY link, is a command-line connection utility (similar to SSH) that enables you to automate operations like file transferring and supports several protocols.
Questions tagged [plink]
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Cannot run passwd through plink
This is my situation. I am trying to run the following command in WINDOWS 7
plink.exe user@ip.add.re.ss -pw password "passwd user"
to change the password for a particular user.
it keeps giving me permission denied. The other commands like…
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Misbah Bin Mashkoor
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SSH tunnel seems to be bound to multiple IPs
I am using a SSH tunnel to a remote machine using plink.exe in Putty on Windows 8. I am also running a web application using the same port.
So to avoid any port conflicts I have bound the tunnel to 127.0.0.10. I have also added a host name entry for…
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unable to run the script in linux using plink
I'm unable to run a script in linux using plink.exe. I'm using my user x to login and script is under y user, which I need to sudo to y and run it. I was able to at command prompt manually but not through script (for automation).
plink.exe -v -t -l…
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sagar
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execute sudo script on linux from windows
I need to connect to linux,run script which requires sudo.
now i am trying this way:
plink.exe -ssh -pw mypassword -noagent myname@10.111.11.123 "sudo /var/squid/myscript.sh
in linux i added in /etc/sudoers file:
myname ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:…
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Dell UPS Management Software (ULNM) Shutdown Script Execution Failure
I got a Dell Server (PowerEdge R420) and a QNAP NAS (TS-412-U) connected to the UPS (Dell 1000W Rack),
the ULNM Software is installed at the Server, the UPS is hooked up to the Server via USB.
In the case of a shutdown event, i want to run a .bat…
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excute script with sudo using plink remotely
hi I have a shell script that I need to excute remotely from a windows machine in a freebsd vm
im using plink to do it but unfortunately it's not working
i followed the documentation and here is my command :
echo y | C:path\plink.exe -ssh…
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ossama assaghir
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Slow SSH connection establishment with PuTTY but not with OpenSSH
I'm having an a slow connection establishement issue with PuTTY :
> time.exe plink.exe -no-antispoof root@X.Y.Z.T exit …
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Key forwarding with putty isn't working, but plink DOES work
I'm having a problem where putty's key forwarding (via pageant) to my gitlab server isn't working. I'm doing a putty session to my server, with ssh auth forwarding enabled. I see the effects of that forwarding in the environment variables on the…
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Open SSH and Telnet behaving strange on windows server 2019 based on timezone of the server
I have a strange issue when I connect SSH from one of my machines to a windows server 2019
I use OpenSSH in the windows server
and the client has a private key to connect to the server
it works fine if server time zone is UTC + (eg: Indian…
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Visakh V A
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Using Putty/plink to connect to remote MySQL from Windows machine using Port Forwarding and multi hop SSH tunnel
I need to set up port forwarding from my local Windows machine Port 3307 to a remote MySQL server port 3306 but accessed via 2 Linux proxy servers and a Linux web server.
I need to use Putty or plink.exe on the Windows machine to set up the…
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How to stream tar archive using plink?
I'd like to stream a .tar archive from a Windows machine using PowerShell to a Linux machine and extract the archive from the stream. PowerShell pushes archive content to stdout and plink.exe stream content to receiving command line's stdin.
I've…
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Licensed Slacker
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Reliable reverse port forwarding between windows pc (under NAT) and linux server
I have the following topology:
Linux server (Ubuntu 20.04) with static ip
Windows server under NAT with no option to forward port to this machine
I need to access securely port of windows server from my linux server.
Currently I have plink.exe…
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How to use plink to create SSH tunnel to database?
I'm working on some software that has a local database, but also needs access to a database on AWS.
The database is behind a web server, so the way that I need to connect is to create an SSH tunnel to the web server, which will allow me to access…
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Test A SSH Connection from Windows commandline
I am looking for a way to test if a SSH server is available from a Windows host. I found this one-liner, but it requires the a Unix/Linux host:
ssh -q -o "BatchMode=yes" user@host "echo 2>&1" && echo "UP" || echo "DOWN"
Telnet'ing to port 22…
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