Unity SSHMenu alternative

[int19]

Hi there,

With natty/unity I've lost my handy SSH menu applet which I can use to quickly open connections to various hosts. I've tried:

http://castrojo.tumblr.com/post/4536294249/more-quicklists
But it seems I have to log out and back in again each time I add a host to the .desktop file for them to show up in the context menu. (and if I uncheck keep in launcher, I never have the option to add it again unless I rename my custom launcher)

I also tried just adding a new menu and launcher under System Settings -> Main Menu, but they aren't appearing in dash either. Any good solutions?

Thanks!!!

[v912485]

Same here. I cannot live without my SSHMenu!

Regards,
Allan

[ffeingol]

Add me to the list. I'm a Linux admin with roughly 50 server in SSHMneu. I'd really hate to have to back out 11.04.

[Pimmelorus]

Ah yes, the ssh menu I miss greatly. Please, could someone recommend or create a unity replacement?

Bye, Pim

[robbie75]

Same problem for me.

For the moment I invoke sshmenu by typing in the unity launcher and a little windows with SSHMENU inside shows up so I can connect to my hosts but that's only a work around...

[jjcv]

I have created a profile for each host I connect to in The Terminal. I can then open a terminal to that host from an existing terminal with File | Open Terminal | "Term_Name"

1. Open a Terminal and click on File | New Profile

2. Type in a Name for the Profile such as the host you connect to.

3. Up pops a screen to edit for the host. Go to the "Title and Command" Tab

4. Tick on "Update login record when command is launched"

5. Tick on "Run a custom command instead of my shell.

6. In the "Custom command" box add something like:

ssh -o ServerAliveInterval=30 hostname.example.com --title=Hostname

7. Close

Repeat for all the hosts you want....

This is the only way I have found to deal with the non-sshmenu option. Not as clean but it works for me.

[toff72]

i have create a ssh launcher.desktop


[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 cible.fr
Terminal=false
X-MultipleArgs=false
Type=Application
Icon=utilities-terminal
StartupNotify=true
StartupWMClass=RemoteServers
X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts= 100 entries.. ... . .. . . . . .;

[first Shortcut Group]
Name=SSH to first
Exec=gnome-terminal --disable-factory --sm-client-disable --class=remoteserver -x ssh -t 1.2.3.4
TargetEnvironment=Unity



...
100 times
...
[last Shortcut Group]
Name=SSH to last
Exec=gnome-terminal --disable-factory --sm-client-disable --class=remoteserver -x ssh -t 1.2.3.42
TargetEnvironment=Unity




but it unusable and ugly ... there is too much servers


any ideas?

[huhubaer]

I hope the sshmenu developers will change te app to run using unity.

For a workaround look at http://sshmenu.sourceforge.net/dev/hackers_guide.html

It's not the best solution but you can use your existing config. ;)

St.

[kinap]

i'm not upgrading my work desktop to 11.04 unless i find a replace ment to sshmenu and the one that handles rdp session (don't know the name of that one)

[Aenima99x]

i'm not upgrading my work desktop to 11.04 unless i find a replace ment to sshmenu and the one that handles rdp session (don't know the name of that one)

Terminal server client works fine for RDP in Natty.

[anilg]

Hello all,

I felt your pain too. So I went ahead and wrote a small utility that behaves pretty much like sshmeny, but with appindicator menus.

http://www.gulecha.org/2011/05/19/sshlist-an-appindicatorunity-replacement-for-sshmenu/

Have fun!

[ForbanFr]

Hi,

There is another alternative: Remmina. It's a RDP/SSH connection manager (like putty connection manager on Windows). Works fine on my Ubuntu 11.04.

Hope this helps :)

[phoolish]

I took anilg's original idea and updated it.

I added a settings window to update from a gui, but you can still the .sshlist file.
Added title option, so you can name your ssh host command.

https://github.com/lphilbrook/sshlist

[anilg]

Thanks phoolish! And further modified to support sshmenu configuration.
http://www.gulecha.org/2011/07/29/sshplus-a-sshmenu-compatible-appindicator/

[rompe]

For those wanting to switch from SSHMenu to Remmina, I have created a simple Python script that converts your SSHMenu configuration to Remmina configuration files. It converts the whole folder structure and recreates it under a "SSHMenu" folder in Remmina. There's also an easy rollback option. Find the script here:

sshmenu_to_remmina.py (http://blog.rompe.org/convert-sshmenu-to-remmina-configuration)

Rest in peace, SSHMenu!

[wladyx]

Thanks phoolish! And further modified to support sshmenu configuration.
http://www.gulecha.org/2011/07/29/sshplus-a-sshmenu-compatible-appindicator/

I use a modified SSHPlus that allows folders, but it doesn't show an icon on 11.10 anymore.

https://gist.github.com/1189327#comments

Does anyone know what modifications must be made to the script?
Thanks for any suggestions.

[Yadda]

Hello

I've ported SSHMenu to Python/Gtk3. It's available at https://github.com/MasslessParticle/pySSHMenu

It reads your old SSHMenu configuration file so migration should be a snap.