PAC is a Perl/GTK/GNOME replacement for SecureCRT or Putty. It provides a GUI to configure SSH/Telnet connections: users, passwords, EXPECT regular expressions, macros, etc. You like 'SSHMenu'? If so, you must check this tool.

Developer comments

It is a simple project that I hope you find as useful as I do! Just let me know how do you feel about it!

Installation:

1: Download from Pac Manager sourceforge's project download page:

        'libgnome2-vte-perl_0.09-1_i386.deb' or 'libgnome2-vte-perl_0.09-1_amd64.deb' files depending on: (goto step 2)

2: Depending on your architecture, install:

a) 32 Bit Intel/AMD ==> libgnome2-vte-perl_0.09-1_i386.deb

        ...or..

b) 64 Bit Intel/AMD ==> libgnome2-vte-perl_0.09-1_amd64.deb

3: Finally, install pac-0.2-all.deb

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


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Here are some key features of "PAC":

· Simple GUI to manage/launch connections to remote machines.
· Configurable Pre and Post connection local commands execution.
· Configurable list of macros (commands) to send to connected client.
· Configurable list of macros (commands) to execute locally when connected.
Configurable list of conditional executions on connected machine via 'Expect':

· forget about SSH certificates
· chain multiple ssh connections
· automate tunnels creation
· etc

· Ability to connect to machines through a Proxy server!
· Seamless Gnome/Gtk integration.
· Tray icon for 'right button' quick launching of managed connections.
· Written in Perl/Gtk (wait, *is* that a feature? Well, it is for me!
· IT IS FREE!! and licensed under GNU GPLv3.

Requirements:

· Perl
· gtk+

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· This version added an option to password-protect PAC at startup and when restoring from tray (optionally).
· A check was added to ensure that the user does not accidentally start many connections at once by drag and dropping groups.
· A bug that prevented from correctly pasting text was fixed (it appended "^M" at the end).
· A bug with passwords containing non-alphanumeric characters and RDP connections was fixed.
· The keyboard shortcut for changing between tabs was removed as it conflicted with SSH functionality.
· The four Gnome2::Vte libraries were removed.