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[Xshell] Jump Host

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We’ve added a Jump Post feature in Xshell 6 Build 0146 released on July 31, 2019. The Jump Host feature is a proxy feature that allows you to utilize an intermediate SSH server in order to reach the final destination server. As it uses Open-SSH’s TCP Tunneling, this feature can be used to connect to servers that cannot directly connect to the firewall or network configuration. Also, this feature is implemented at the SSH protocol level, and as such, a…

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Xshell Update (6.0.0109)

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We have released Build 0109 for Xshell on December 10, 2018. To update click the Help tab in the file menu and select Check for Updates. The full updates notes can be found below: Xshell 6 Build 0109, December 10, 2018 ADD: New SSH parameters available in the Local Shell. ‘-p’ (password authentication), ‘-a’ (use Xagent). Able to overide session property settings. ADD: Support for ANSI 90~97 (light foreground), 100-107 (light background) values ADD: Visual confirmations of host key (Randomart) in the host key…

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Xshell Update (6.0.0101)

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We have released Build 0101 for Xshell on October 14, 2018. To update click the Help tab in the file menu and select Check for Updates. The full updates notes can be found below: Xshell 6 Build 0101, October 14, 2018 ADD: Script APIs for information of currently connected sessions – xsh.Session.SessionName – The name of the session – xsh.Session.UserName – User name of the session – xsh.Session.Description – The description of the session file MOD: ANSI 256 colors appear in monochrome color schemes MOD:…

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How Highlight Results are Applied to the Terminal

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Using Xshell’s Highlight feature you can change the color or background color of text in the terminal output. This can be convenient to check for desired string outputs, monitoring error messages, etc. Desired highlights are organized within Highlight Sets. If you have a large number of keywords to highlight within one session, it can consume a large portion of your system’s resources. This is especially true if the scrollback buffer is large. This is because the system needs to check…

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Using the Linux Subsystem (WSL) in Windows 10

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Overview The following article will be a comprehensive guide for setting up and using the Linux Subsystem in Windows 10 with Xshell. (If you know what you’re doing and only want the quick step-by-steps, scroll down to Quick Deployment Guide near the bottom). Using the SSH protocol, you can connect to the Windows system by either installing the SSH server program for Windows or you can take advantage of the Linux Subsystem recently provided in Windows 10. This subsystem was initially supported…

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Xshell Update (6.0.0098)

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We have released Build 0098 for Xshell on September 10, 2018. To update click the Help tab in the file menu and select Check for Updates. The full updates notes can be found below: Xshell 6 Build 0098, September 10, 2018 ADD: Ability to expand and collapse all folders in Session Manager ADD: Added $USERNAME, $HOSTNAME, $PATH as Quick Command variables ADD: Support 460800/921600 baud rate in SERIAL communications MOD: Ability to change the order of startup sessions MOD: Horizontal scroll…

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Xshell Update (6.0.0095)

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We have released Build 0095 for Xshell on July 25, 2018. To update click the Help tab in the file menu and select Check for Updates. The full updates notes can be found below: Xshell 6 Build 0095, July 25, 2018 ADD: Return value of xsh.Dialog.Prompt when Cancel is pressed FIX: Certain menus opening incorrect Help pages FIX: Crash after running Xshell after a Windows 10 update FIX: Log and temp folders not changing after user changes user data folder FIX:…

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[Xshell] xsh.Dialog.Prompt’s Cancel Button Confirmation

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July 26th’s release of Xshell we’ve includes the ‘xsh.Dialog.IsPromptCanceled’ variable. This allows you to confirm if a user clicked the Cancel button of an xsh.Dialog.Prompt. Update to at least the following builds to use this variable: Xmanager Power Suite 6 Build 0007 Xshell Plus 6 Build 0007 Xshell 6 Build 0095 Xshell has various script functions and of these functions, xsh.Dialog.Prompt accepts user input. To read more about xsh.Diaolog.Prompt, please see here: https://blog.netsarang.com/en/779/xshell-script-api-prompt-message-box/ It was brought to our attention that previous builds of Xshell…

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Changing the User Data Folder

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With the update on July 13, 2018, we’ve added the ability to change the user data folder directly from within the program’s UI. Previously, only the session file folder was able to be changed. But now, various settings, custom color schemes, highlight sets, etc., can also be stored in a user defined location instead of the default path. To take advantage of this feature, make sure your clients are updated to at least the following builds: Xmanager 6 Build 0088…

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Xshell Update (6.0.0094)

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We have released Build 0094 for Xshell on July 13, 2018. To update click the Help tab in the file menu and select Check for Updates. The full updates notes can be found below: Xshell 6 Build 0094, July 13, 2018 ADD: Automatic saving of host key option ADD: Powershell initialized from the Local Shell now includes tab auto-completion ADD: Shortcut keys and Quick commands can be used during authentication ADD: User data folder path can now be changed directly from…

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