Re: Unix shell on Windows
From: Fernando N. de Souza <fnantes_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2018 11:16:25 -0400
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Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2018 11:16:25 -0400
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+1 for MobaXTerm if you're looking for a good SSH client with shell scripting capability.
For a complete shell environment, MKS Toolkit has been around for a long time, so they must be doing something right. I don't have first hand experience with it.
-- Fernando. “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” George Bernard Shaw On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 10:14 AM, Mark W. Farnham <mwf_at_rsiz.com> wrote:Received on Fri Mar 30 2018 - 17:16:25 CEST
> If the Linus et al re-implementation of the UNIX intellectual creation of
> Ritchie and Thompson is good enough, and if what you’re looking for is
> something that MS administrators can include as part of “standard” windows
> from the windows store, possibly this announcement is of interest:
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> http://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-on-windows-10-microsoft-
> releases-new-tool-to-get-more-distros-on-windows/
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> Before Cygwin, we had standardized on Waterloo Unix to support EBS on
> Windows, but that was a **long** time ago, closer to Unix 0 time than
> today. I doubt it is still even for sale.
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> I **suspect** you may get some traction with your admins for the things
> you can get from the MS store.
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> Possibly “Superputty” might be useful on the lighter weight side, which
> allows windows-style windows of unix terminal sessions as well as software.
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> There are plenty of choices, as the thread so far has recounted, but I
> think your main issue is getting something “good enough” that the folks who
> administer windows security can and will make a part of the standard
> distribution at your shop.
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> Are you primarily trying to provide UNIX capabilities on your workstation,
> or are you trying to access UNIX hosts from your workstation?
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> mwf
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> *From:* oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_
> freelists.org] *On Behalf Of *Sanjay Mishra (Redacted sender "smishra_97"
> for DMARC)
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 29, 2018 8:33 PM
> *To:* Oracle-L Freelists
> *Subject:* Unix shell on Windows
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> Is there any Software that doesn't need install like putty available to
> provide Unix Shell capabilities. I used cygwin earlier and even setup
> wirh rlwrap as been demo by Tanel and using Terminator to setup all scripts
> for Database monitoring. Now company put new security updates that stop the
> Cygwin access and so looking for some alternative as the laptop has no
> Admin privilege to install any software.
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> Even software that needs to pay for the license is fine or any other way
> to make the Putty interface better like cygwin or unix emulator so that I
> can do setup on one of the database server with all monitoring setup and
> can connect using tnsnames.ora for all server. Currently simple putty is
> not that friendly.
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> Thanks for sharing the details
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> Sanjay
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