Christian Long Tech notes and tidbits

Here is a command line for Pageant (PuTTY agent) that puts all the pieces together to make a one-click access to servers via ssh.

"C:\path\to\pageant.exe" "D:\path\to\My_private_key.PPK" -c "C:\path\to\putty.exe" -load my_saved_session

Assumes that you have the following
- PuTTY
- Pageant
- A private key (PPK) file in PuTTY format. See PuTTYgen for help on making and converting keys.
- The corresponding public key installed on the server you are logging in to. (e.g. pasted into $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys)
- a saved PuTTY session containing the info about the server you are contacting

To make this into a shortcut on Windows, right-click on the desktop > New > Shortcut. Paste this command line into the box that says "Type the location of this item".

The first time you click on this shortcut, Pageant will start and ask you to type the passphrase for your key. Pageant will start, and on any subsequent logins, Pageant will supply the key to connect to the server via PuTTY. Of course, if you restart Windows, you will have to again supply the passphrase to Pageant.