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Specify Your Own SFTP Server

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In 2016’s first update, we’ve now included an option in Xftp that allows you to specify a custom SFTP server. If you require elevated privileges to access the sftp-server, you can use one of the following methods to gain elevated privileges of another user: sudo: Use the sudo command to gain elevated privileges of another user setuid: Use the setuid bit to gain elevated privileges of another user Use the sudo Command to Gain Elevated Privileges of Another User First, you’ll have to edit the…

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Enable/Disable Automatic Saving in Layout Management of Xshell

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We’ve added the ability to enable/disable automatic saving in Xshell’s layout management tool. By default, the user’s layout is automatically saved as changes to the layouts are made. But other users may like the ability to have to explicitly “Save As” in order to save a change. This can help prevent users from mistakenly making changes to their preferred layout types…

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[Xshell] New Bell Options

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An Xshell user on our forums requested some additional bell options to be added to Xshell. With Xmanager Enterprise Build 0787 and Xshell Build 0806 we’ve introduced these new features. To access the bell options you can use the set command in local shell. You can see the bell options to change the mode, custom bell file, repeat time, disable time, and a flashing taskbar. Using these new audio and visual cues, customize how Xshell to alerts you. Related posts Triple Click…

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Copy and Paste Rich Text Format

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Copying strings from within Xshell to your clipboards now incorporates the Rich Text Format. When pasting into a text editor, you will be able to maintain the color of your text. Right click any highlighted text from within Xshell and select “Copy as RTF” to take advantage of the Rich Text Format. Here we have the files in one of our directories of a CentOS machine: Now we highlight the text we’d like to copy, right click, and then select “Copy…

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Trim Trailing Empty Space when Copying Columns

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When copying columns from the split window of vim, screen, or tmux, the copied data has trailing empty spaces at the end of lines. When the column is pasted, the trailing empty spaces are pasted as well. Let’s try copying the left column from the split window of vim: Pasting this to Notepad produces: When highlighting the pasted text, the empty spaces at the end of lines are clearly included. This can be frustrating when attempting to manipulate the text as you’ll…

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Nagle’s Algorithm

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With our latest update, Xmanager Enterprise Build 0769 and Xshell build 0788, we’ve included Nagle’s Algorithm for user who have network congestion issues. In TCP/IP networks, applications often transmit data in 1 byte size. Now let’s say you need to send 10 bytes of data considering this 1 byte/packet transmission rate. You will have to send 10 separate packets each containing a header several times bigger than the actual required information. This can lead to network congestion and deterioration. By…

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Creating New Color Schemes

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Everyone has their own color preferences for their terminal emulator. Xshell gives you the options to easily change, import, and create your own color schemes to match your preference. This article will show you how you can easily change your color scheme in Xshell. Open Xshell and navigate to the Tools File Menu. Select Color Schemes to open the Select Color Scheme window. In the Select Color Scheme window choose from any of the included color schemes. You’ll notice that a preview is provided at…

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How to Switch Between Custom Frame and Windows Default Frame

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Our full suite of software (Xmanager Enterprise, Xmanager, Xshell, Xftp, Xlpd) by default uses the frame provided by your Windows OS. However, our software includes a built-in custom frame which you can compare below: The custom frame provides a consistent user interface across any version of Windows you are using. To enable the custom frame you can do so by clicking Tools -> Options in the file menu and navigating to the Advanced tab. There clear the Use the default Windows title bar and frame…

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Opening Multiple Terminal Sessions Simultaneously

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Xshell gives you multiple options for starting a terminal session. Here are some examples: On local shell, use ‘ssh username@host’ or ‘telnet username@host’ In the Sessions dialog box (Alt-O), select the sessions and click the Connect button Save sessions to the desktop (or local disk) and double click the sessions file To open multiple sessions simultaneously, you can Right click on one of the folders in the Sessions dialog box (Alt-O) and select ‘Open all sessions in this folder’ Select multiple sessions…

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