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Network error: Connection refused putty

I am trying to log in to my server with ssh keys (I use putty to do it) but every time I try to connect it says Network error: Connection refused. I believe it's something wrong with the public key ...
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Moving folder and subfolder to another path

I need to move my folder with many subfolders to another path. I'm using putty and this is what I tried: MV -r fromflderpath tofolderpath What am I doing wrong?
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PuTTY: "unable to load font" in Ubuntu 20.04

I have installed PuTTY on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS . When I enter the IP address and click on the Open button, Putty gets closed automatically. The error message is: PuTTY: unable to load font "server:...
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How to use PuTTY to get X11 connections over ssh from Windows to Ubuntu

I need to get remote X11 terminal access from Windows machines into my Ubuntu 16.04 system. I am choosing not to use RDP for this since this only affects the two Windows clients. From the other ...
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X forwarding from Ubuntu Server Ed to Windows 7

The Goal: I would like to open a program from my ubuntu server in my windows 7 desktop. Steps Taken: Putty > SSH > X11 check 'enable port forwarding' I have started VNC Viewer in listening mode ...
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How do I install an SSH private key generated by PuTTYgen?

I set up my Linux server to accept connections from my home PC by adding the public key generated by PuTTYgen to the authorized_keys file. Now I'm trying to connect to the same machine, but this time ...
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How do I copy text from PuTTY to another window?

I'm using PuTTY on Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr) to connect to a serial port. I need to copy text from a PuTTY window to another window (for example, gedit). UPDATE I can copy by selecting text with ...
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Ncurses prompts look broken in PuTTY from Windows

Byobu looks very broken in PuTTY. I've already fixed the key mapping issue, but this issue isn't specified in the man page or even Google: Notice the misplaced position of the list of windows, the ...
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how can I connect Ubuntu through Windows via localhost?

Display of my laptop is not working, in order to save files in it I want to connect to it from another laptop in localhost and move files to safety. I can connect to it via putty from XP laptop like ...
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How to login into a machine via putty using a script?

In windows we have created a batch file to login into a machine via putty. On clicking the batch file it logins into that machine. Is it possible to create a script in ubuntu to do the same task?
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how to make putty ssh connection never to timeout when user is idle?

I have a Ubuntu 12.04 server I bought, if I connect with putty using ssh and a sudoer user putty gets disconnected by the server after some time if I am idle How do I configure Ubuntu to keep this ...
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Increase font size of putty

I am using putty for remote login in Linux in Ubuntu. The font size of terminal is very small. How can I increase it's font size.
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How can I change the default Unity keyboard shortcut?

I installed Ubuntu 11.04 and it works fine. But I have a little problem. I need to use Putty and it uses F10 as a shortcut to a function, but Unity intercepts it as a shrtcut, so I cannot access this ...
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Ubuntu putty and serial port

Need putty to work on /dev/ttyUSB0 I know for a fact that the port (console on a switch) is 9600 8/n/1, so it should be simple. ttyUSB0 shows up in dmesg. So shouldn't I be able to select /dev/...
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Shift+F2 is ignored when using byobu with PuTTY (Windows 7)

Connecting to byobu in Ubuntu 12.04.1 (precise) from PuTTY on a Windows 7 system, when I type Shift+F2 to get a vertical split, nothing happens. Typing plain F2 works and opens a new window. I tried ...
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SSH login using Ubuntu's terminal - Permission denied (publickey)

I'm using ubuntu system to login to remote server using ssh. SSH is configured in my system and I can see my public ssh key but when I try something like ssh xx.xx.xx.xx it throws error Permission ...
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only some apps work with X11 forwarding to XcXsrv from an Ubuntu 22.04 Virtualbox guest

I have a Windows 10 host running Virtualbox with an Ubuntu 22.04 guest installed. It uses NAT networking with port 22 forwarding to the guest. I then have VcXsrv X Server v1.20.14.0 installed on ...
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Virtual Machine Putty connection

I've created a VM running on my PC and am trying to connect the two via Putty. I have Putty installed on my PC, and openssh server and client installed on my VM. When I drop my IP address into the ...
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how to set permissions for all only files and for anly folders in the publick_html?

How I can run the command the command on the Putty for change the permisions? I want to set permission for files should be 644 and permissions for folders should be 755 in the publick_html. Please ...
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