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I mean how can I bookmark a ssh root@ip command in the launcher so when I click on the icon and a shell is prompt to me asking credentials for the connection to the server shell?

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Access of list of your favorite SSH servers quickly.

ssh quicklist

  1. Create a new file with gedit, in the Terminal type:

    gedit ~/.local/share/applications/ssh-launcher.desktop
    
  2. Copy & Paste this text into the above file:

    [Desktop Entry]
    Version=1.0
    Name=Remote Servers
    Comment=Login to my servers
    Exec=gnome-terminal --disable-factory --sm-client-disable --class=remoteserver -x ssh -t minibox.local 
    Terminal=false
    X-MultipleArgs=false
    Type=Application
    Icon=utilities-terminal
    StartupNotify=true
    StartupWMClass=RemoteServers
    X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts=Server1;
    
    [Server1 Shortcut Group]
    Name=SSH into minibox.local
    Exec=gnome-terminal --disable-factory --sm-client-disable  --class=remoteserver -x ssh -t minibox.local
    TargetEnvironment=Unity
    
    Comment=You can create more of these. Just add to X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts a "Server2", "Server3" etc, then change the domain name (in this case, "minibox.local") to the name of your server. You'll also notice that the default action (When you just click the icon in the launcher) is to SSH into minibox.local - you'll need to change that to your most used server.
    
  3. Drag and Drop onto the launcher by navigating to ~/.local/share/applications/ in Nautilus.

Source 1, Source 2

(From an answer by Jorge Castro, Nik and Cas)

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  • all works fine but if you want more than one link use server1;server2 (use semicolon) Jul 18, 2015 at 10:52

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