X-Git-Url: https://asedeno.scripts.mit.edu/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fusing.but;h=5448b81ad13cc8cf56e1119aa2baa555f191972e;hb=91653a10c6e6b9d57688e1d7dd7403625ea670a0;hp=fec03d32c6050a2eaa099ca92ad64b91b5fa5a1a;hpb=70ab076d839072357dab75590287d44961302de8;p=PuTTY.git diff --git a/doc/using.but b/doc/using.but index fec03d32..5448b81a 100644 --- a/doc/using.but +++ b/doc/using.but @@ -1,5 +1,3 @@ -\define{versionidusing} \versionid $Id$ - \C{using} Using PuTTY This chapter provides a general introduction to some more advanced @@ -91,7 +89,7 @@ and down by pressing \i{Shift-PgUp} and \i{Shift-PgDn}. You can scroll a line at a time using \i{Ctrl-PgUp} and \i{Ctrl-PgDn}. These are still available if you configure the scrollbar to be invisible. -By default the last 200 lines scrolled off the top are +By default the last 2000 lines scrolled off the top are preserved for you to look at. You can increase (or decrease) this value using the configuration box; see \k{config-scrollback}. @@ -330,10 +328,10 @@ information.) \H{using-x-forwarding} Using \i{X11 forwarding} in SSH The SSH protocol has the ability to securely forward X Window System -applications over your encrypted SSH connection, so that you can run -an application on the SSH server machine and have it put its windows -up on your local machine without sending any X network traffic in -the clear. +\i{graphical applications} over your encrypted SSH connection, so that +you can run an application on the SSH server machine and have it put +its windows up on your local machine without sending any X network +traffic in the clear. In order to use this feature, you will need an X display server for your Windows machine, such as Cygwin/X, X-Win32, or Exceed. This will probably @@ -370,12 +368,12 @@ For more options relating to X11 forwarding, see \k{config-ssh-x11}. \H{using-port-forwarding} Using \i{port forwarding} in SSH -The SSH protocol has the ability to forward arbitrary \i{network -connection}s over your encrypted SSH connection, to avoid the network -traffic being sent in clear. For example, you could use this to -connect from your home computer to a \i{POP-3} server on a remote -machine without your POP-3 password being visible to network -sniffers. +The SSH protocol has the ability to forward arbitrary \I{network +connection}network (TCP) connections over your encrypted SSH +connection, to avoid the network traffic being sent in clear. For +example, you could use this to connect from your home computer to a +\i{POP-3} server on a remote machine without your POP-3 password being +visible to network sniffers. In order to use port forwarding to \I{local port forwarding}connect from your local machine to a port on a remote server, you need to: @@ -955,3 +953,20 @@ DSR/DTR. For example, \cq{-sercfg 19200,8,n,1,N} denotes a baud rate of 19200, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit and no flow control. + +\S2{using-cmdline-sshlog} \i\c{-sessionlog}, \i\c{-sshlog}, +\i\c{-sshrawlog}: specify session logging + +These options cause the PuTTY network tools to write out a \i{log +file}. Each of them expects a file name as an argument, e.g. +\cq{-sshlog putty.log} causes an SSH packet log to be written to a +file called \cq{putty.log}. The three different options select +different logging modes, all available from the GUI too: + +\b \c{-sessionlog} selects \q{All session output} logging mode. + +\b \c{-sshlog} selects \q{SSH packets} logging mode. + +\b \c{-sshrawlog} selects \q{SSH packets and raw data} logging mode. + +For more information on logging configuration, see \k{config-logging}.