Hi, Mark.
I try to use KeePass [http://keepass.info], a password manager to keep a record of all my access credentials and servers. The original application can be run on Linux using Mono or under WINE. Alternatively, KeePassX [https://www.keepassx.org] is a cross-platform port.
The application allows you to store your usernames, passwords and URLs securely in an encrypted database which can be easily synchronised across multiple devices, including Mac, Windows, Android etc. As well as storing the basic username and passwords, you can use the URL override feature for the SSH protocol to allow you to Open a terminal e.g. PuTTY directly from the app and log you in to the target host directly. It will also let you override the SFTP protocol to open up, e.g. Filezilla. You can use the additional KeeAgent plugin to allow you to store your private keys (similar to PuTTY's PAGEANT) in the database file, as well as regular passwords.
It is better for storing credentials than natively using the session manager in apps like PuTTY or Filezilla because it will store /all/ the information required for the connection (username, password and host details) in an encrypted file storage which can be easily backed up.
Lots of documentation on how to use it on the main KeePass website.
HTH,
Peter.
On 10 June 2017 at 22:22, Huge huge@huge.org.uk wrote:
On Fri, 2017-06-09 at 13:41 +0100, Mark Rogers wrote:
Usually I just SSH directly from my terminal, but that's not a great way to keep track of server IP addresses and keys etc.
So, what do others do?
PuTTY.
Couldn't imagine living without it.
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