Re: authpf - Idiot proof ssh for windows?

["Chris Eidem" <ceidem@Dexma.com>]

> Anyway, is there some kind of idiot proof
> ssh client for windows98/95 that you guys use.  There seem to be a
> million random little shareware programs out there that do 
> this sort of thing.  What would you recommend?
> 
> -Lee

I use putty all the time.

Install it, and configure a session to connect to a remote host.  

If you are clever enough and the box is on for a continuous period use
putty-gen (ssh-keygen) to generate a public/private key pair, add the
public half to the authorized_keys on the remote host and pageant
(ssh-agent) to load the private key into the Winbox's memory.

You can then set up a session shortcut by putting
'<path\to\putty\putty.exe @saved-session' (no single-quotes) int the
Target line of the shortcut's properties.  

I connect to one of my boxes (chawa) using putty like this

Target:  %windir%putty.exe @chawa

Now, all I have to do is double click the icon and I'm in.

Not suggested for root though...

 - chris