Plink (1) Linux Manual Page

NAME

plink – PuTTY link, command line network connection tool

SYNOPSIS


plink &nbsp;
[options] & nbsp;
[user @] host &nbsp;
[command]

DESCRIPTION

plink is a network connection tool supporting several protocols.

OPTIONS

The command-line options supported by plink are:

-V

Show version information and exit.

-pgpfp

Display the fingerprints of the PuTTY PGP Master Keys and exit, to aid in verifying new files released by the PuTTY team.

-v

Show verbose messages.

-load session

Load settings from saved session.

-ssh

Force use of SSH protocol (default).

-telnet

Force use of Telnet protocol.

-rlogin

Force use of rlogin protocol.

-raw

Force raw mode.

-serial

Force serial mode.

-P port

Connect to port port.

-l user

Set remote username to user.

-m path

Read remote command(s) from local file path.

-batch

Disable interactive prompts.

-pw password

Set remote password to password. CAUTION: this will likely make the password visible to other users of the local machine (via commands such as `w‘).

-L [srcaddr:]srcport:desthost:destport

Set up a local port forwarding: listen on srcport (or srcaddr:srcport if specified), and forward any connections over the SSH connection to the destination address desthost:destport. Only works in SSH.

-R [srcaddr:]srcport:desthost:destport

Set up a remote port forwarding: ask the SSH server to listen on srcport (or srcaddr:srcport if specified), and to forward any connections back over the SSH connection where the client will pass them on to the destination address desthost:destport. Only works in SSH.

-D [srcaddr:]srcport

Set up dynamic port forwarding. The client listens on srcport (or srcaddr:srcport if specified), and implements a SOCKS server. So you can point SOCKS-aware applications at this port and they will automatically use the SSH connection to tunnel all their connections. Only works in SSH.

-X

Enable X11 forwarding.

-x

Disable X11 forwarding (default).

-A

Enable agent forwarding.

-a

Disable agent forwarding (default).

-t

Enable pty allocation (default if a command is NOT specified).

-T

Disable pty allocation (default if a command is specified).

-1

Force use of SSH protocol version 1.

-2

Force use of SSH protocol version 2.

-C

Enable SSH compression.

-i path

Private key file for authentication.

-s

Remote command is SSH subsystem (SSH-2 only).

-N

Don’t start a remote command or shell at all (SSH-2 only).

-sercfg configuration-string

Specify the configuration parameters for the serial port, in -serial mode. configuration-string should be a comma-separated list of configuration parameters as follows:

•: Any single digit from 5 to 9 sets the number of data bits.
•: `1‘, `1.5‘ or `2‘ sets the number of stop bits.
•: Any other numeric string is interpreted as a baud rate.
•: A single lower-case letter specifies the parity: `n‘ for none, `o‘ for odd, `e‘ for even, `m‘ for mark and `s‘ for space.
•: A single upper-case letter specifies the flow control: `N‘ for none, `X‘ for XON/XOFF, `R‘ for RTS/CTS and `D‘ for DSR/DTR.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information on plink, it’s probably best to go and look at the manual on the PuTTY web page:

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

BUGS

This man page isn’t terribly complete. See the above web link for better documentation.

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