Mac OS X Panther for Unix Geeks, Second Edition

SSH GUIs

OpenSSH is a free version of the SSH suite of network connectivity tools that provides encrypted replacements for telnet, ftp, rlogin, rcp, and more. As noted earlier in the book, OpenSSH is bundled with Mac OS X. Although the SSH tools are fully functional from the command line, several GUIs are available for SSH. One such frontend, familiar to Unix/Linux users, is Brian Masney’s GTK+/glib-based gftp (http://www.gftp.org/). gftp can be installed on Mac OS X using Fink.

Another option is Fugu (http://rsug.itd.umich.edu/software/fugu/), which is a graphical interface to the OpenSSH program bundled with Mac OS X. Fugu is developed and provided as freeware by the University of Michigan’s Research Systems Unix Group. As noted on its web site (which should always be consulted for the most up-to-date version and information), Fugu has many useful features including, but not limited to, the following:

• Drag and drop files on its interface to upload/download files

• External editor support

• Image previews

• Directory upload

• Permissions, owner and group modification

• Directory histories

• Unicode character support

• Support for connections to alternate ports

• Compression support

• Support for SSH command-line options

• SCP support

• Ability to create SSH Tunnels

• Keychain support

• Favorites list for frequently visited hosts

When Fugu is launched, you will be greeted with a dialog window that includes a file browser showing your local Home directory, and blank fields that you must fill in to make an sftp ...