MobaXterm Free Xserver and SSH Client - Documentation

9/4/2014 MobaXtermfreeXserverandSSHclientDocumentation

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MobaXtermdocumentation(UnixutilitiesandXserveronGnu/Cygwin)

1.General

1.1.Presentation

1.2.Sessions

1.3.Unixliketerminalwithbashshell

1.4.Multitabenvironment

1.5.Builtingraphicaltools

2.Terminalfeatures

2.1.Windowsinteractions

opencommandcygpathcommand/drivesmountpath/registryvirtualfolder//mountpointExecutingnativeWindowsprogramsOtherusefulcommands

2.2.Networkutilities

RemotecomputingDISPLAYsettingsFiletransferNetworkmonitoring

2.3.MobaXterminterface

TabinterfaceSplitmodesDetachtabfeatureServicesSSHtunnels(portforwarding)OptionsdialogSessions

2.4.Otherutilities

EditorsMiscellaneousPlugins

3.Howto

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3.1.Setupapasswordlesssshconnection

OnclientsideOnserverside

3.2.Setupapasswordlessrshconnection

Using/etc/hosts.equivUsing~/.rhosts

3.3.ExecuteashellscriptatMobaXtermstartup

UsingcommandlineparametersUsingbookmarks

4.FrequentlyAskedQuestions

4.1.General

WhatisthepurposeofMobaXterm?WhatarethemainadvantagesofusingMobaXtermoverotherSSH/SFTP/FTP/RDP/VNC/X11solutionsinWindows?

4.2.X11server

WhatisX11?WhywouldIneedanXserver?WhatdoesX11Forwardingmeans?HowdoesX11Forwardingwork?WhyismyremoteDISPLAYvariableconfiguredto"localhost:10.0"?IhaveanissuewithanX11remoteprogram(Java/X11/Motif)whichdoesnotacceptkeyboardinput:everytimeIpressakeyboardkey,nothingiswrittenonthetext

fieldHowdotheX11tabswithDWMwork?WhydoesMobaXtermincludethis"tiling"windowmanager?HowcanIsimplylaunchtheX11serverwithoutstartingthefullMobaXtermenvironment?How can I display a full remote desktop from a Unix/Linux server in MobaXterm (Gnome, KDE, FVWM, Openbox, Fluxbox, IceWM, XFCE, Blackbox, DWM,

Enlightenment,LXDE,...)?

4.3.SSHclient

WhatisSSH?HowcanIusepublicSSHkeyswithMobaXterm?WhydoestheSFTPtabnotpopupwhenIlaunchaSSHsession?/WhydoesMobaXtermnotpromptmeforsavingmySSHpassword?HowcanIperformaSSHconnectionthroughmySOCKSproxy?

4.4.RDPclient

WhatisRDP?HowcanIsendCtrl+Alt+DelthroughRDP(terminalservice)?

4.5.SSHtunnelling(a.k.a."Portforwarding")

Whatisthepurposeofthe"tunneling"tool?

4.6.MobaXtermterminal

MobaXtermdoesnotdisplaycorrectlysomespecialcharacters?Iencounterproblemswithmycountrycharset/encoding?IcannotrunaWindowsapplicationinsideMobaXterm.MyWindowsPATHisnottakenintoaccountinMobaXterm.IamusingalaptopandIdonothaveanymiddlebuttononmytrackpad.HowcanIpastetextintheterminal?

4.7.Advancedfeatures



IwouldliketostartMobaXtermfromaBATCHscript.HowdoIuseMobaXterminsidemyscript?Whatarethecommandlineswitchesavailable?IwouldliketocreateanewpluginforMobaXterm.HowcanIdothat?Howtodisablethepenguinsscreensaver?Howtoremovethe"Games"menuandgamesentriesfromMobaXterm?Ilovethepenguinsscreensaver!CanIsubscribetoMobaXtermProfessionalEditionandkeepit?IwanttosavemyterminaloutputbutwhenIchoosethe"Logallterminalactivitytothefollowingdirectory",Igetahardlyreadablefilewithspecialcharactersinit.

4.8.Miscellaneoustroubleshooting

MobaXtermdoesnotrunonWindows2000:itsaysthatthegdiplus.dllismissing...Iwanttoaskforsomesupport.Canyouhelpme?Isentanemailbutyouneveranswered

1.General

1.1.Presentation

MobaXtermisatoolboxforworkinginaprofessionalcomputerenvironment:itcontainsacompletesetofremoteclients(SSH,Telnet,Rlogin,RDP,VNC,XDMCP,FTP,SFTP,Serial),anX11serverandseveralUnixcommandspackagedinamultitabenvironment.TheaimofMobaXtermistoallowprofessionaluserssuchassystemadministrators,developers,websitedesignersandallothercomputeruserstoperformremotetaskseasily.

MobaXtermmainwindow



1.2.Sessions

MobaXtermallowsyoutolaunchremotesessions.Youjusthavetoclickonthe"Sessions"buttontostartanewsession.

The"Session"button

YoucanthenchoosetocreateanewSSH,Telnet,Rlogin,RDP,VNC,XDMCP,FTP,SFTPorSerialsession.Everysessionyoustartisautomaticallysaved.



The"sessions"window

Youcanedit,delete,move, importorexport sessionsby rightclickingon them in the leftMobaXtermsidebar.Youcanalsocreateadesktopshortcut inorder toautomaticallylaunchasessionoragroupofsessionsatMobaXtermstartup.

Rightclickingonasessionfolderallowsyoutolaunchseveralsessionsatonce.Itcanbereallyusefulwhenyouoftenworkusingthesameenvironmentandthesameopenedsessions.

1.3.Unixliketerminalwithbashshell

MobaXtermfeaturesagreatterminalwithabashshellscriptwhichallowsuserstorunUnixcommandsasiftheywereloggedonaGNU/Linuxcomputer.ThereareseveralUnixcommandsavailable insidetheterminal:ssh,telnet,rlogin,rsh,rsync,wget,vim,corkscrew,httping,fdupes, iperf,mathomatic,xhost,xprop,xdpyinfo,xmodmap,xkill,Xorg...

IfyouneedanUnixcommandthatisnotincludedintoMobaXterm,youcanaskustodevelopaplugincontainingtherequiredprogram(s)

The terminal (basedonMinTTYandPuTTYbyAndyKoppeandSimonTatham)providesabunchofsettings thatcanbe tuned inorder tosuityourneeds (font,background/foregroundcolors,antialiasing,oldkeyboardscompatibility,...).Thedefaultterminalparameterscanbesetbyclickingonthe"Settings"button.



The"settings"button

1.4.Multitabenvironment

Themultitabenvironmentallowsyoutoworkwithseveralterminalsorremotesessionsatthesametime.Youcantogglebetween"multitab"mode,"2terminals"modeand"4terminals"modebyclickingonthe"Split"button.



The"Splitmode"button

MobaXtermbringsanotherreallyusefulmodecalled"Multiexecution"mode.Thismodeallowsyoutodisplayallyour terminalsat thesametimeandtowriteyourcommandstoallofthematonce:whenyoupressakeyboardkey,itwillwritethesamelettersonallyourterminalsatonce.Thismodecanbeactivatedbypressingthe"MultiExec"button.

The"MultiExecmode"button



1.5.Builtingraphicaltools

MobaXterm comes with useful Unix commandline utilities, but also builtin graphical tools such as a fast picture viewer, a developers text editor, a file/foldercomparisontool,aportsanalyzerandapacketcapturetool.ThefeaturewhichisinouropinionthemostusefulmaybethegraphicalSFTPbrowser:whenyoulogtoaremoteserverusingSSH,agraphicalSFTPbrowserpopsuponintheleftsidebarallowingyoutodraganddropfilesdirectlyfromortotheremoteserverusingasecureSFTPconnection.

In theSFTPsidebrowser,youcandoubleclickona remote file inorder toedit itdirectlyusingyour favoriteprogram.Yourchangeswillbesaved to theremoteserverautomatically!

2.Terminalfeatures

2.1.Windowsinteractions

opencommand

Thiscommandallowsyoutoopenyourlocalfiles.ThiscommandwillopenyourdocumentsusingtheWindowsdefaultassociationforyourdocumenttype.

openhttp://www.google.comopenMyDocuments/MyWork.pdf

Youcanopenfiles,directoriesorURLdirectlyfromtheterminalbysimplyCtrl+clickingonthem.

cygpathcommand

Thiscommandallowsyoutoworkwithdos/unixpaths.YoucanobtaintheDospathfromagivenUnixpathandviceversa.YoucanalsolistyourcomputerpathsliketheWindows,System,Desktop,ProfilesandStartMenupaths.

echo"/binPATH=$(cygpathw/bin)"echo"SystemPATH=$(cygpathuS)"

/drivesmountpath

Thisdirectorycontainsamountpointforeachdriveofyourcomputer.Youcanforexamplebrowseyoursystemdrivebycdto/drives/c/



Thisdirectorycontainsamountpointforeachdriveofyourcomputer.Youcanforexamplebrowseyoursystemdrivebycdto/drives/c/

cat/drives/c/Windows/win.iniPicView/drives/d/MyPhotos/Photo36.jpg

/registryvirtualfolder

Thisfolderisavirtualdirectorycontainingyourregistrykeysandvalues.Youcanopenandreadaregistrykeybydoingasimple"cat"ofthesevirtualfiles.

cat/registry/HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/DevicePathcat"/registry/HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/ShellFolders/CommonPictures"

//mountpoint

Youcanalsobrowsecomputersfromyournetworkneighborhoodbytyping//

PicView//server1/share1/Photo36.jpgedit//server2/Documents/program.c

ExecutingnativeWindowsprograms

YoucanexecutenativeWindowsprogramsfromMobaXtermasyouwouldina"cmd"console.

ipconfig/allnetshcinterfacedumpregeditnetusercalcnotepad

Otherusefulcommands

There are several other useful commands for interacting with Windows, like editrights, shutdown, regtool, ps, passwd, MobaControl, mkshortcut, MobaSwInfo,MobaHwInfo,MobaTaskList,MobaKillTask,MobaControl[...]

2.2.Networkutilities

Remotecomputing

MobaXtermincludessomeusefulcommandlineclientsforexecutingcommandsonremotecomputers:.ssh(utilitytoaccessshellaccountsusingasecurecryptedconnection).telnet(usefultologintoremotesystemhosts).rlogin(sameaimastelnetbutusingadifferentprotocol).rsh(usefulforsendingcommandsonremotecomputers,especiallyusingthepasswordlessfeature)Do not forget that you can bookmark your connections using the bookmarks feature (see the corresponding section formore information). You can also set uppasswordlessconnectionswithrshorssh,thereisalsoacorrespondingsectiontothisfeature.



DISPLAYsettings

MobaXtermincludesanXserversothatitcandisplayX11basedgraphicalprograms.Bydefault,anXserver isstartedatMobaXtermstartup.YourDISPLAYenvironmentvariableisautomaticallysetandit iswritteninyourterminalstartupmessage.WhenyouusearemotecomputingclienttoconnecttoaUnixcomputer,youcanexportyourDISPLAYtoyourlocalWindowsdesktopthankstoMobaXterm.WhenyouuseaSSHconnection,iftheremoteserversupportsX11Forwarding,yourDISPLAYisautomaticallysetanditwillbesentthroughtheSSHconnectiontoyourWindowsdesktop.

Withthisicon,youcanmonitortheXserverstate

telnetremoteserver1exportDISPLAY=localcomputer1:0.0neditexitsshlrootremoteserver1nedit

Filetransfer

MobaXtermincludessomeusefulclientsfortransferringfiles.ftp(FileTransfertProtocol).sftp/scp(FileTransfertusingasecurecryptedSSHconnection).rcp(Copyfilesto/fromremotecomputersusingthershprotocol).wget(downloadfilesthroughhttp/ftpprotocolwithenhancedsettings).rsync(synchronizedirectoriesthroughanetworkwithincrementalcapabilitiesandenhancedoptions)

scp/drives/c/Photo36.jpgroot@server1:/tmp/



Networkmonitoring

MobaXtermincludes2usefulutilitiesformonitoringyournetwork:.TCPCapture(allowsyoutocapturenetworkpackets).MobaListPorts(allowsyoutolistallopenportswiththeircurrentstate).httping(monitoryourwebserver).iperf(monitortheavailablebandwidthonyournetwork)

2.3.MobaXterminterface

Tabinterface

MobaXtermcanstartseveralindependentterminalsthankstoatabbasedinterface.Usetheappropriatebuttontocreatenewtabs,closeexistingtabs,cyclingthroughtabsorrenametabs.

Splitmodes

MobaXtermallowsyoutodisplaysometerminalsinthesameWindowjustasyouwoulddousingthe"screen"utility.Youcandisplay2terminalsinhorizontalorverticalmode,oreven4terminalsinthesameWindow

The"Splitmode"button

Detachtabfeature

MobaXtermallowsyoutodetachtabsinordertodisplaytheminaseparatewindow.Youcandetach,reattachtabsorgofullscreenusingtherightclickmenuonyour

tab.



tab.

Services

MobaXtermallowsyoutolaunchsomelightdaemons(TFTP,HTTP,FTP,SSH/SFTP,TELNET)fromthemaininterface.Youcanmanagethesedaemonsbyclickingontheappropriatebuttonfromthetoptoolbar.

The"Services"button

SSHtunnels(portforwarding)

MobaXtermallowsyoutocreatesomeSSHtunnels(a.k.a."portforwarding")withaniceandintuitiveinterface:youcanmanagetheseSSHtunnelsbyclickingontheappropriatebuttonfromthetoptoolbar.



The"Tunneling"button

Optionsdialog

Youcanedityouroptionsusingthecorrespondingbuttonfromthetoptoolbar.YouroptionswillbesavedtoanINIfile.Youcanselectapersistenthomedirectoryforkeepingyour filesandparameters insteadofhavingyourhomedirectory ina temporary folder.Youcanalsoselect the terminal fonts, colors, skin, transparency,keyboardshortcuts,specifyafontserver,etc...



The"Settings"button

Thesettingsdialog

Sessions

Youcanstoreyourconnectionsettings inbookmarks thatarestored inyour INI file.Sessionscanbeaccessedeasily through thecorrespondingmenu in the toptoolbarorintheleftsidebar,butyoucanalsocreateadesktopshortcuttoeachsessioninordertolaunchthemeasily.



The"sessions"button

The"sessions"window



2.4.Otherutilities

Editors

MobaXtermincludeseverythingyouneedtoedittextfiles:vioncommandline,neditforagraphicaleditororMobaTextEditorwhichisalightbutpowerfuleditorfordeveloperswithtextdiffutilities.

Miscellaneous

.MobaPictureViewer(Displaypicturesinfullscreenwithzoomfeatures)

.MobaTextDiff(Diffutilityfortextfiles)

.MobaFoldersDiff(Diffutilityforfolders)

.fdupes(Findanderaseduplicatefiles)

.mathomatic(computeralgebrasystem)

Plugins

Some commands can be added to MobaXterm thanks to the use of plugins. You can download some readytouse plugins athttp://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/download/plugins.html.

3.Howto

3.1.Setupapasswordlesssshconnection

YoucanconnecttoanSSHserverwithoutsupplyinganypassword:thisisusefulifyouwanttorunshellscriptsthatarenotinteractive.Thiscanbedonein2steps:

Onclientside

Youwillhavetogenerateapublicrsakeyontheclient.Thiscanbedonebytyping

sshkeygentrsaN''qf~/.ssh/id_rsa

Onserverside

Copythefilethathasbeengeneratedontheclient(".ssh/id_rsa.pub")tothe~/.ssh/directoryoftheserverandrenameitto"authorized_keys".



scp.ssh/id_rsa.pubuser1@server1:.ssh/authorized_keys

3.2.Setupapasswordlessrshconnection

YoucanconnecttoanRSHserverwithoutsupplyinganypassword:thisisusefulifyouwanttorunshellscriptsthatarenotinteractive.Thiscanbedonein1step:

Using/etc/hosts.equiv

Editthe/etc/hosts.equivfileonserverside:youcanspecifyinthisfiletheauthorizedusersthatwillbeabletoconnecttotheserverwithoutsupplyinganypassword.Thefilesyntaxis:

Using~/.rhosts

Edit the ~/.rhosts file on server side: you can specify in this file the authorized users thatwill be able to connect to the server using the current accountwithoutsupplyinganypassword.Thefilesyntaxis:

3.3.ExecuteashellscriptatMobaXtermstartup

Usingcommandlineparameters

Youcaneditashellscript(becareful,ithastobeinUnixandnotDosformat)andrunitatMobaXtermstartup.YoujusthavetolaunchMobaXtermwiththefollowingcommandline:

MobaXterm.exe

MobaXtermalsousessomeinternalcommandlineparametersthatcanbeusedbyadvancedusersinordertointegrateMobaXtermintheirownenvironment:

MobaXterm.exeexec""

ThiscommandcanbeusedtostartanewinstanceofMobaXtermandimmediatelyexecuteagivenMobaXtermcommand

MobaXterm.exenewtab[""]

Thiscommandcanbeused tostartanewtab insidearunning instanceofMobaXterm(orstartanew instanceofMobaXterm ifnoother instance is running)andimmediatelyexecuteagivenMobaXtermcommand

MobaXterm.exebookmark""

Thiscommandcanbeusedtostartabookmarkbyspecifyingitsname.(Note:thisonlyworkfor1stlevelbookmarks:bookmarksfromsubfolderscannotbeinvoked



Thiscommandcanbeusedtostartabookmarkbyspecifyingitsname.(Note:thisonlyworkfor1stlevelbookmarks:bookmarksfromsubfolderscannotbeinvokedbythiscommand)

MobaXterm.exerunmacro""

Thiscommandcanbeusedtostartamacrobyspecifyingitsname.

MobaXterm.exeopenfolder""

ThiscommandcanbeusedtostartMobaXterminthespecifiedfolder

MobaXterm.exehideterm

ThiscommandcanbeusedtostartMobaXtermthatisimmediatelyminimizedintothesystemtray

MobaXterm.exeexitwhendone

ThiscommandcanbeusedtoexitMobaXtermwhenthegivenactionisfinished.Thisparametershouldbecombinedwithbookmarkorexec

MobaXterm.exei""

ThiscommandcanbeusedtospecifyapathforMobaXtermconfigurationfile(MobaXterm.ini)

MobaXterm.exelog

Thiscommandcanbeusedtowritedownsomedebuginformationinalogfile

MobaXterm.exeinstallshellext

ThiscommandcanbeusedtoinstalltherightclickcontextmenuinWindowsexplorer

MobaXterm.exeinstallprotohandler

ThiscommandcanbeusedtoinstalltheURLprotocolhandler,inorderforMobaXtermtobeabletoexecutesessionsfromHTMLpages

MobaXterm.execonfig

ThiscommandcanbeusedtostartMobaXtermconfigurationwindow

MobaXterm.exeshortcuts

ThiscommandcanbeusedtostartMobaXtermkeyboardshortcutsconfigurationwindow

MobaXterm.exedoc

ThiscommandcanbeusedtostartMobaXtermdocumentation

MobaXterm.exepicview

ThiscommandcanbeusedtostartMobaXtermembeddedpictureviewerprogram

MobaXterm.exeedit""

ThiscommandcanbeusedtostartMobaXtermembeddedtexteditor(MobaTextEditor)

MobaXterm.execompfiles""""

ThiscommandcanbeusedtostartMobaXtermembeddeddifftool



ThiscommandcanbeusedtostartMobaXtermembeddeddifftool

MobaXterm.execompfolders

ThiscommandcanbeusedtostartMobaXtermembeddedfoldersdifftool

MobaXterm.exeportforwarding

ThiscommandcanbeusedtostartMobaXtermembeddedportforwardingtool

Usingbookmarks

Createanewbookmark,selectthe"Customshellscript"optioninthedropdownmenuandedityourshellscript.Youcanthenclickonyourbookmarkandchoosetocreateadesktopshortcuttothisbookmark.

4.FrequentlyAskedQuestions

4.1.General

WhatisthepurposeofMobaXterm?

MobaXtermisanenhancedterminalforWindowswithanX11server,severalnetworktoolsforremotecomputingandalltheessentialUnixcommandspackagedintoasingleportableexefile.MobaXtermhasbeendesignedtosuittheneedsofcomputerusers,sysadmins,developersandwebmastersbyproviding:amultitabterminalwithembeddedUnixcommands(ls,cd,cat,sed,grep,awk,rsync,wget,...)anembeddedX11serverforeasilyexportingyourUnix/Linuxdisplayasessionmanagerwithseveralnetworkutilities:SSH,RDP,VNC,SFTP,FTP,Telnet,Rlogin,FTP,SFTPandXDMCP

WhatarethemainadvantagesofusingMobaXtermoverotherSSH/SFTP/FTP/RDP/VNC/X11solutionsinWindows?

MobaXtermhasseveraladvantagesoveritscompetitors:afullAllInOnesolution:itfeaturesanX11server,aterminalwithembeddedUnix/Linuxcommandsandacompletecollectionofnetworktools(SSH,SFTP,telnet,rlogin,RDP,VNC,XDMCP,FTPandSerialconsole)aportablesolutionwithouttheneedtoinstallandwithouttheneedofadministratorprivileges:MobaXtermisasingleexecutableselfcontainedfilewhichdoesnotneedtobeinstalledorrunwithadministratorprivileges no complex settings: there is no need to set up your environment or to tune settings: MobaXterm default parameters have been chosen in order for it to beimmediatelyusablesomeuniquefeaturesliketheremotesessionswithsavedpasswordsortheSFTPbrowser:whenyouconnecttoaremoteserverthroughSSH,agraphicalremotefilebrowserwillautomaticallybedisplayedallowingyoutotransferfilesortoeditthemdirectlyusingtheintegratedtexteditorMobaTextEditor a robust terminalbasedonPuTTY/MinTTYwith clean fonts, tabs, splitmodes (2or4 terminals sidebyside),Multiexecution (writeonce,executeeverywhere),copy/paste,save/printtextandmuchmoreanonintrusiveprogram:MobaXtermdoesnotconnect to the Internetorwriteentries intoyourWindows registrywithoutaskingbefore. Itdoesnotautomatically

checkforupdates.Thereisnotimelimitforusingit.



checkforupdates.Thereisnotimelimitforusingit.

4.2.X11server

WhatisX11?WhywouldIneedanXserver?

TheXserver(a.k.a.X11)issomethingveryimportantinanUnix/Linuxenvironment:itisthegraphicallayeronwhichallgraphicalapplicationsarebased.As X11 is a network protocol, applications that can display their graphical interface on a Linux/Unix desktop can also display it through the network on anothercomputeraswell.This2ndcomputeronlyneedstorunanX11servertodisplaythem.MobaXtermincludesanX11server,basedon"X.Org",thatallowsyoutodisplayremotegraphicalLinux/UnixapplicationsonyourlocalWindowscomputerwithgreatspeedandperformances.Example:OnyourremoteUnix/Linuxcomputer,youjusthavetoperformthefollowingcommand:

DISPLAY=MY_WINDOWS_HOST_RUNNING_MOBAXTERM:0.0xclock

...andyouwillseethe"xclock"interfaceonyourWindowsdesktop

WhatdoesX11Forwardingmeans?

X11ForwardingisamechanismthatallowstheX11protocoltoberoutedthroughanexistingSSHchannel.Themainadvantagesofthissolutionare:X11protocolwillbeencryptedX11protocolcanbecompressedThereisnoneedtosetupanewcommunicationchannel(andtoopencommunicationportsinyourfirewall)forX11:thenetworkpacketsgothroughthealreadyexistingSSHconnection

HowdoesX11Forwardingwork?

WithMobaXterm,itisreallyeasytouseX11Forwarding:justconnecttoyourserverusing"sshYMYSERVER"or"sshMYSERVER"(theYoptionisautomaticallyon by default). Then, from the remote server prompt, run "xclock". Youwill see the "xclock" interfacewhich has been transfered throughSSHon yourWindowsdesktop.

WhyismyremoteDISPLAYvariableconfiguredto"localhost:10.0"?

Ifyoucheckthe"DISPLAY"environmentvariableonyourremoteserver,youwillnoticethatitissettosomethinglike"DISPLAY=localhost:10.0".Thisisthestandardbehaviour forX11Forwarding: itmeansthatanyprogramwillusea localvirtualdisplay(:10.0)which iscreatedbySSHandwhichwillbeautomatically forwardedtrhoughtheSSHconnectiontoMobaXtermdisplay.

IhaveanissuewithanX11remoteprogram(Java/X11/Motif)whichdoesnotacceptkeyboardinput:everytimeIpressakeyboardkey,nothingiswrittenonthetextfield

This problem can generally be solved easily by using X11with awindowmanager instead of using X11 in "multiwindow" (transparent)mode: go toMobaXterm

"Settings"window>"X11"tab>select"WindowedmodewithFvwm"settinginthecomboboxandapply.Restartyourremoteprogramanditshouldtakekeyboard



"Settings"window>"X11"tab>select"WindowedmodewithFvwm"settinginthecomboboxandapply.Restartyourremoteprogramanditshouldtakekeyboardinputcorrectly.If youwant to use the standard "multiwindow" (transparent)X11 server andoccasionally use thewindowedX11 serverwith thewindowmanager, you cango toMobaXterm"Settings"window>"X11"tab>select"Multiwindowmode"settinginthecomboboxandapply,thenopenthe"tools"menuandselecteither"X11tabwithDwm"or"X11windowwithFvwm2".

HowdotheX11tabswithDWMwork?WhydoesMobaXtermincludethis"tiling"windowmanager?

DWMisapowerfulandrobustwindowmanagerwhichimplementsasmartwayofarrangingwindowsinordertogainspace.Windowsareautomaticallyplacedsidebysidesothattheyalloccupythemaximumavailablespaceonthedesktop.Tomoveawindow,use"Alt+Leftclick"Toresizeawindow,use"Alt+Rightclick"

HowcanIsimplylaunchtheX11serverwithoutstartingthefullMobaXtermenvironment?

YoucanlaunchtheX11serveratMobaXtermstartupandcompletelyhidetheterminalbyusingthe"hideterm"command:

C:\Some\Place\MobaXterm.exehideterm

ThiswilllaunchMobaXtermminimzedinthesystemtrayandstarttheX11server.

HowcanIdisplayafullremotedesktopfromaUnix/LinuxserverinMobaXterm(Gnome,KDE,FVWM,Openbox,Fluxbox,IceWM,XFCE,Blackbox,DWM,Enlightenment,LXDE,...)?

Youcanuse2differentsolutions:ConfigureyourLinux/UnixdistributionforenablingXDMCPremoteaccess.Youwillfindtheappropriateprocedureinyourdistributiondocumentationorbysearchingfor"activateXDMCP"onanysearchengine.Youwillthenbeabletodisplaythefullremotedesktopbystartinganew"XDMCP"sessioninMobaXterm Go to MobaXterm "Settings" window > "X11" tab > select "Windowedmode" setting in the combo box and apply. This will run a windowed X11 server atMobaXtermstartup insteadof thedefault "transparent"X11server.Connect toyour remoteserverusing "ssh YMY_REMOTE_SERVER"and then, run "gnomesession"orwhateverwindowmanageryouwant.If youwant to use the standard "multiwindow" (transparent)X11 server andoccasionally start your full remotedesktop in awindowedX11 server, you cango toMobaXterm"Settings"window>"X11"tab>select"Multiwindowmode"settinginthecomboboxandapply,thenstartthefollowingsamplecommand:

(export DISPLAY=:36; startstopdaemon q b S exec /bin/XWin.exe silentduperror notrayicon nolisteninet6 clipboard ac fp /usr/share/fonts/misc $DISPLAY && /bin/waitforX && ssh Y MY_REMOTE_SERVER "gnomesession")

4.3.SSHclient

WhatisSSH?

MobaXtermincludesaSSHclient(withSFTPandSCP)whichallowssecureencryptedconnectionstobesetupthroughthenetwork.TheSSHclientembeddedinMobaXtermisbasedonOpenSSH.



HowcanIusepublicSSHkeyswithMobaXterm?

Onclientside,youhavetogenerateapublicrsakey:

sshkeygentrsaN''qf~/.ssh/id_rsa

Thencopythefilethathasbeengeneratedontheclient(".ssh/id_rsa.pub")tothe~/.ssh/directoryoftheserverandrenameitto"authorized_keys":

scp.ssh/id_rsa.pubuser1@server1:.ssh/authorized_keys

Ifthe".ssh/authorized_keys"filealreadyexists,justappendyourownpublickeytothefile:

cat.ssh/id_rsa.pubuser1@server1:/tmp/tmpkey&&sshuser1@server1"cat/tmp/tmpkey>>~/.ssh/authorized_keys&&rm/tmp/tmpkey"

WhydoestheSFTPtabnotpopupwhenIlaunchaSSHsession?/WhydoesMobaXtermnotpromptmeforsavingmySSHpassword?

SomeLinuxdistributions(likeOpenSuse)orsomeotherUnixsystemshavedisabledSSHpasswordauthenticationbydefault.InorderforMobaXtermtobeabletosaveSSHpasswordsortolaunchtheSFTPbrowser,youwillhavetoreenablethisfeature:Editthe"/etc/ssh/sshd_config"fileonyourserver,andcommentthefollowingline:

PasswordAuthenticationno

RestartyourSSHserverusingthefollowingcommand:

/etc/init.d/sshdrestart

ConnectusingMobaXtermSSHclientandyouwillnoticethat:theSFTPtabwillbecorrectlylaunchedyouwillbepromptedtosaveyourpasswordifyouwant

HowcanIperformaSSHconnectionthroughmySOCKSproxy?

Youcanusethefollowingcommand:

ssh X MY_USER_IN_REMOTE_HOST@REMOTE_HOST_NAME o "ProxyCommand connect SMY_USER_IN_MY_COMPANY@PROXY_NAME:PROXY_PORT%h%p"

4.4.RDPclient

WhatisRDP?

RDP (a.k.a. "TerminalServices" or "TS") is a remotedisplayprotocol introducedbyMicrosoft forWindowsOS. It allowsusers to connect to a remotehostwhiledisplayingandinteractingwiththeremotedesktopusingthelocalkeyboardandmouse.



HowcanIsendCtrl+Alt+DelthroughRDP(terminalservice)?

YoucansendtheCtrl+Alt+DelkeyscombinationtoyourRDPremoteserverbyusingthe"Ctrl+Alt+END"keyscombination

4.5.SSHtunnelling(a.k.a."Portforwarding")

Whatisthepurposeofthe"tunneling"tool?

TheTunneling toolembedded insideMobaXterm("MobaSSHTunnel) isagraphical interfaceforeasilycreatingSSHtunnels.SSHtunnels(a.k.a."port forwarding")allowuserstoredirecttrafficfromoneportononecomputertoanothercomputerandport.Themainadvantagesofthissolutionare:NoneedtoopennewconnectionportsinsidefirewallsNoneedtosetupaproxyoragatewaywhenremotecomputersarenotaccessibledirectlyRedirectedtrafficissecuredbySSHencryption

4.6.MobaXtermterminal

MobaXtermdoesnotdisplaycorrectlysomespecialcharacters?Iencounterproblemswithmycountrycharset/encoding?

YoucantellMobaXtermtouse"UTF8"charactersetbygoingtothe"Settings"menu>"configuration">"Terminal"tab>choosethe"UTF8(unicode)"entryfromthe"Charset"setting.

IcannotrunaWindowsapplicationinsideMobaXterm.MyWindowsPATHisnottakenintoaccountinMobaXterm.

Youcan tellMobaXterm touse theWindowsPATHbygoing to the "Settings"menu > "configuration" > "Terminal" tab > check the "AppendWindowsPATHenvironmentvariabletoMobaXterm"setting.

IamusingalaptopandIdonothaveanymiddlebuttononmytrackpad.HowcanIpastetextintheterminal?

YoucantellMobaXtermtouserightclickforpastingbygoingtothe"Settings"menu>"configuration">"Terminal"tab>checkthe"Pasteusingrightclick"setting.





IwouldliketostartMobaXtermfromaBATCHscript.HowdoIuseMobaXterminsidemyscript?Whatarethecommandlineswitchesavailable?

About launchingMobaXterm fromabatch file, youhave several possibilities. For instance, lets say youneed to start anSSHsession fromabatch file, keepingMobaXtermhiddenandtolaunchanXapplicationfromthatremotesshserver.Youcandothisbyusingthe"hideterm"switchforhiddingMobaXtermthe"closewhendone"switchforclosingMobaXtermaftersessionexitsthe"exec"switchforexecutingacommandForinstance,thiscommandlaunchesan"xclock"windowfromMYREMOTESERVER:

C:\Some\place\MobaXterm.exehidetermclosewhendoneexec"waitforX;sshMYREMOTESERVER'xclock'"

IwouldliketocreateanewpluginforMobaXterm.HowcanIdothat?

Downloadanexistingpluginfile(forinstance"Midnightcommander")Renamepluginextensionfrom".mxt3"to".zip"Openthe".zip"fileYouwillnoticethatcreatingMobaXtermpluginsonlyconsistsinputtingtherequiredcommands(executables,librariesandconfigurationfiles)intoaZIPfile,keepingthesamefolderstreethaninMobaXterm("/bin","/lib","/usr","/etc").IfyouwanttoaddasimpleWindowsprogram(exefile),youwill justhavetocopytheexecutablefileintothe"/bin"directory,createtheZIParchive,renameitto".mxt3"andputitinthesamedirectorythanMobaXtermexecutable.IfyouwanttoaddaLinuxprogram,youwillhavetogetitfromtheCygwinprojectortorecompileitusingmake,gcc,g++orothercompilersthatareavailablefromtheMobaXterm"Development"plugin.

Howtodisablethepenguinsscreensaver?Howtoremovethe"Games"menuandgamesentriesfromMobaXterm?

ThepenguinsscreensaverandthegameshavebeenaddedtobringfuntoMobaXtermterminal.UserswhouseMobaXterminsideacompanymightwanttodisablethese tools inorder tohaveamoreconvenient tool forworking.That iswhy theProfessionaleditionofMobaXtermallowsyou todisable thescreensaverand toremovethegamesandcorrespondingmenuentriesfromtheprogram.

Ilovethepenguinsscreensaver!CanIsubscribetoMobaXtermProfessionalEditionandkeepit?

We are glad you enjoy this screensaver: we spent a lot of time developing it! Of course, in the Professional Edition ofMobaXterm, you can keep the penguinsscreensaver(andthegames)ifyouwant.

Iwant tosavemyterminaloutputbutwhen Ichoose the"Logall terminalactivity to the followingdirectory", Igetahardlyreadable filewithspecialcharactersinit.

Ifyoujustwanttosavetheoutputfromaterminal,pleaseusethe"Terminal"menu>"Saveterminaltext".Abouttheterminallogging,itcanbeusedtologanythingthatisdisplayedinsidetheterminal.Ifyouwanttoreopenalogfile,pleaseuseMobaTextEditorinordertoremovethesespecialcharactersfromthefile.



4.8.Miscellaneoustroubleshooting

MobaXtermdoesnotrunonWindows2000:itsaysthatthegdiplus.dllismissing...

MobaXtermiscompatiblewithWindows2000,butonoldWindows2000installations, itcandisplayanerrormessageaboutamissingdll gdiplus.dll,butyoucandownloaditforfreeandputitinthesamefolderasmobaxtermexecutableinordertomakeitwork:http://www.dllfiles.com/dllindex/dllfiles.shtml?gdiplus

Iwanttoaskforsomesupport.Canyouhelpme?

Pleasesendusanemailbygoingtothe"Help"menu>"AboutMobaXterm">"Sendusanemail".Inthisemail,pleasetellus:Whichversionandwhichedition(personalorprofessional)ofMobaXtermyouareusingWhichWindowsversionyouareusingIncaseyouencounteranissue,pleasedescribepreciselywhathappens(errormessage,freeze,etc...)andtrytogiveusastepbystepprocedurewecanfollowinordertoreproducethebug.

Isentanemailbutyouneveranswered

Pleaseallowthe"mobatek.net"domaininyouremailserversothatouremailswillnotgotoyourSPAMfolder.Alsoverifythatyoucorrectlywroteyouremailaddressinthecontactform.



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