Usage & example

SSHator lets you to craft ssh/telnet uris and execute them easily i.e:

sshator l1s3r:secretpassword@remote.host.com:2323

telnetator l1s3r:secretpassword@remote.host.com:2323

This will open the default terminal (x-terminal-emulator) with an ssh/telnet connection to remote.host.com at port 2323 using user l1s3r using secretpassword.

This is useful if you have a webapp that crafts ssh/telnet links as ssh://l1s3r:secretpassword@remote.host.com:2323 or telnet://l1s3r:secretpassword@remote.host.com:2323 that you can associate your webbrowser to sshator.

SSHator implements URI format described by IETF RFC4248 for telnet, there is darft for SSH but for security purposes do not allow to put the password in clear in the URI, thats because this software is described as insecure ssh/telnet URI Handler.

Install and configure

Prequisites

For ssh URIs you will need to install sshpass (GPL), in debian-like distros:

apt-get install sshpass

Install

Install downloaded package

python setup.py install

Install from GitHub

pip install git+git://github.com/bmiro/sshator.git

Install from PyPi

pip install sshator

Optional configuration

If you want to change the used terminal change your default x-terminal-emulator, in debian-like distros:

update-alternatives --config x-terminal-emulator

How to register custom URIs in GNU/Linux

XFCE Custom URI Handler

SECURITY

YES, I know is better to use sshkeys or fingerprints but in some puntal controlled cases this is very useful.

Is a VERY HIGH! security issue to put passwords in the URI becasue will be stored in clear! You must use this WITH CARE in very controlled environments.

https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-secsh-scp-sftp-ssh-uri-04#section-8

License

SSHator is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

Use with care.

bmiro / sshator