PAC Features

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• PAC (Perl Auto Connector), by David Torrejon Vaquerizas (david.tv@gmail.com), is FREE software, released under GNU's GPLv3 license.

• PAC is a SecureCRT/Putty/etc (connections manager with automations) equivalent for the Linux world.

• FEATURES (by now):

  • Simple GUI to manage/launch connections to remote machines.
  • Scripting possibilities, 'ala' SecureCRT
  • Configurable [Pre|Post]-connection local commands execution.
  • Configurable list of macros (commands) to execute locally when connected or to send to connected client.
  • Configurable list of conditional executions on connected machine via 'Expect': . forget about SSH certificates . chain multiple ssh connections . automate tunnels creation . with line-send delay capabilities!! etc...
  • KeePassX integration!
  • Ability to connect to machines through a Proxy server!
  • CLUSTER connections.
  • TABBED/WINDOWED terminals
  • Wake On LAN capabilities
  • Local and Global variables, eg.: write down a password once, use it ANY where, centralizing its modification for faster changes! use them for: . password vault . reusing connection strings
  • Seamless Gnome/Gtk integration.
  • Tray icon for 'right button' quick launching of managed connections. Screenshots and statistics!
  • DEB, RPM and .TAR.GZ packages available
  • Written in Perl/Gtk (wait, is that a feature? Well, it is for me! ;=)
  • It is FREE (as in freedom)!! and licensed under GNU GPLv3.

• INSTALL:

  • Preferably, use "deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu <your_distrib_name>-getdeb apps", but if you can/want not to use it, simply download the corresponding package from http://sourceforge.net/projects/pacmanager or https://github.com/perseo22/pacmanager for your system and install it.

  • Now you can take a look at your Gnome's menu under "Applications" -> "Internet" -> "PAC", or type "pac" in your terminal.