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6 pac - Perl Auto Connector
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9 pac [options]
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12 pac is a (simple?) GUI to manage/launch connections to remote machines
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14 Simple GUI to manage/launch connections to remote machines.
15 Scripting possibilities, 'ala' SecureCRT
16 Configurable [Pre|Post]-connection local commands execution.
17 Configurable list of macros (commands) to execute locally when con‐
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19 Configurable list of conditional executions on connected machine via
20 'Expect':
21 . forget about SSH certificates
22 . chain multiple ssh connections
23 . automate tunnels creation
24 . with line-send delay capabilities!! etc...
25 KeePassX integration!
26 Ability to connect to machines through a Proxy server!
27 CLUSTER connections.
28 TABBED/WINDOWED terminals
29 Wake On LAN capabilities
30 Local and Global variables, eg.: write down a password once, use it ANY
31 where, centralizing its modification for faster changes! use them for:
32 . password vault
33 . reusing connection strings
34 Seamless Gnome/Gtk integration.
35 Tray icon for quick launching connections. Screenshots and statistics
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37 DEB, RPM and .TAR.GZ packages available
38 Written in Perl/Gtk (wait, *is* that a feature? Well, it is for me! ;=)
39 It is FREE (as in freedom)!! and licensed under GNU GPLv3.
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45 --no-backup
46 do no create alternative PAC config files as a backup (faster
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49 --start-shell
50 start a local terminal
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52 --start-uuid=<uuid>[:<cluster]
53 start connection in cluster (if given)
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62 automatically logon with given password without prompting user
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65 dump given UUID's data
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67 --scripts
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71 open global preferences dialog
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73 --quick-conn
74 open the Quick Connect dialog on startup
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77 list existing connections/groups and their UUIDs
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83 make PAC go to tray once started
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86 start in read only mode (no config changes allowed)
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89 ~/.config/pac/
90 Per user configuration directory.
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95 /system/http_proxy/host or /system/proxy/http/host
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98 /system/http_proxy/port or /system/proxy/http/port
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101 /system/http_proxy/authentication_user or /sys‐
102 tem/proxy/http/host/authentication-user
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105 /system/http_proxy/authentication_password or /sys‐
106 tem/proxy/http/host/authentication-password
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110 Well... I thinks that by this version, there should not be *many* bugs
111 but... I'm sure you 'will' find some! When that happens, please, let me
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115 David Torrejón Vaquerizas <david.tv@gmail.com>
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129Linux MARCH 2013 pac(1)