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PAC Manager: A Remote SSH/FTP/Telnet Session Management Tool

Linux Administrator must have been familiar with Telnet and SSH. These tools will help them to connect to the server remotely. But on their laptop / computer, they may not use a console based operating system. For those who use Linux on their laptop, there is another tool named PAC Manager.

PAC Manager for Linux

What is PAC Manager?

PAC Manager is an open source GUI based tool for configuring and managing remote SSH/Telnet connections. It supports RDP, VNC, Macros, Cluster connections, pre/post connections, local executions, EXPECT regular expressions and much more. It can displays the connections in tabs or separate windows and it gives a notification icon for easy access to your configured connections.

Installation of PAC Manager in Linux

Since it’s basically a GUI interface, you may need to install SSH client and Telnet client on your computer. You may download the latest PAC Manager software at this URL:

PAC Manager is available in RPM, DEB and TAR.GZ packages. Both in 32 bit and 64 bit version. On Debian, Ubuntu and Linux Mint you may install it using dpkg command.

On RHEL, Fedora and CentOS you may install it using rpm command.

On 32 bit Systems

On 64 bit Systems

On my Linux Mint, I found error like this. If you also get similar error.

To fix it, you should run.

The -f parameter tell apt-get to fix-broken dependencies. Then to make sure that the error has gone, I re-run the installation using dpkg command

Sample Output

PAC Manager Features

Here, we discuss some useful features with screenshots.

Multi Protocol

PAC supports multi protocol from FTP, SSH, RDP, VNC and many more. Please ensure the protocol that you need is already installed before create a connection with PAC Manager. For example on my Linux Mint, I have to install rdesktop package before creating a Remote Desktop (RDP) connection entry.

Multi Protocol

Once rdesktop installed, I can use RDP to remote Windows machine.

Install RDP

Tab Support

If you run multiple remote connections using PAC Manager, those connections will be shown in Tabs. PAC Manager can also display a local console in it’s Tab. Just click a terminal icon on the bottom. So you can manage remote connections and local console in the same Window.

Multi Tabs

You can also split connections display Just right click on the connections tab name, and choose Split > Horizontally with TAB or Vertically with TAB.

Connections Split Vertically

Proxy Support

When you are behind proxy server, PAC provide proxy parameter to be set. Proxy parameter can be set globally or for each connections.

Proxy Global Proxy Each Connections

Cluster Connections

If you manage multiple servers and you have the same task to do on those servers, you can use the Cluster connections feature. Cluster connection will open a window with multiple connections to specified hosts inside. Any text typed into one of the hosts will be replicated to all other connected and active hosts.

This feature will be useful if you need to run the same commands on each host. Performing these commands will ensure that all hosts are kept synced.

To add a cluster, you need to click on the Cluster tab which located on the left pane. Then click Manage Clusters to display PAC Cluster Management.

First, you have to create a Cluster name. Click Add button and give it a name. Next you can assign cluster members from Running Clusters, Saved Clusters or Auto Clusters on the right pane.

A list of available connections will appear in the left pane. You can choose them and click Add to cluster button. Then click OK to save it.

Cluster List Cluster Management

To run the cluster, you can back to Cluster tab. Choose the cluster name and click Connect button which available on the bottom.

Cluster Connections

KeePass Integration

Managing multiple servers mean managing multiple credentials. It is not easy to remember all credentials. For those who use KeePass Password Safe will happy to know this. PAC Manager can use KeePass database password to avoid user inputting credential manually.

PAC Manager can take credentials from KeePass database and load it automatically for you. Of course you have to supply KeePass master password to open the database.

To enable KeePass integration you must have KeePass software installed first. After that, you can select Infer ‘User / Password’ from KeePassX where parameter.

By default title field will be a reference to be checked by PAC Manager. The available fields are comment, created, password, title, url and username.

Keepass Integration

The next step is you need to provide a Perl Regulars Expression pattern to be checked inside the KeePass database. Then press Check button to see the result.

Keepass Authentication

Of course there are many other interesting features in the PAC Manager such as Wake On LAN and scripting support via Perl script. This article simply peels the features that may be used in day-to-day needs.

Reference Links

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Install PAC Manager on Linux Mint, Ubuntu and OpenSUSE

PAC (Perl Auto Connector) Manager is a open source tool in Linux like operating system, which provides GUI (graphical user interface) to manage ssh,telnet, sftp, rdesktop, vnc,remote-tty & ftp sessions. In other words we can say that PAC Manager is alternate tool of Window’s Secure CRT & Putty in Linux.

Some of its Key Features are listed below :

In this article we will install latest version of PAC Manager on Linux Mint, Ubuntu & OpenSUSE.

Installation Steps of PAC Manager on Linux Mint & Ubuntu

As Linux Mint & Ubuntu both are the Debian based operating system. So we will first download PAC manager debian Package and then install it using dpkg command. Below steps are applicable for both Linux Mint & Ubuntu.

In case if you are getting dependencies problem as shown below while executing above command .

Use below apt-get command to resolve dependency issues.

Once the installation is finished, try to access PAC

Installation Steps of PAC Manager on OpenSUSE 13.1 / 13.2

Download PAC RPM package depending your System’s Architecture.

Add the Perl repository that will provide dependency packages.

Note : Above repository is for OpenSUSE 13.1 and for OpenSUSE 13.2 just replace 13.1 with 13.2 and rest of things will be same .

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Адекватный менеджер подключений под Linux?

Влад Животнев , Konkase , Владимир и все подписанные.
Друзья, совершенно неожиданно наткнулся на PAC Manager. Можно скачать отсюда: sourceforge.net/projects/pacmanager В Linux Mint он оказался предустановленным. Видел его раньше, но тогда как-то он меня не впечатлил. В общем, всем ищущим советую как минимум обратить на него внимание. Возможности широкие. Есть недоработки с прокруткой в табе, но решение быстро нагуглилось. Чтобы не искать — www.voip-lab.ru/obzor-pac-manager-pod-linux ближе к концу.

UPDATE
На Linux Mint 20 и Ubuntu 20.04 asbru-cm не подключается к серверам по RDP. Летом 2020 года я снова поставил Remmina. Она стала сильно хороша и многие ее недостатки были исправлены. Присмотритесь к ней.

terminator для ssh
запуск xfreerdp, vncviewer из консоли.

Везде аутентификация по ключу.

Пробовал пару раз remmina, стошнило и больше gui не пользую

• Сохранение паролей с возможностью их просмотра по мастер паролю
• Доступ на открытие программы или чтение базы подключений по мастер паролю

Не соглашусь с Вами.
Естественно, менеджер запускает терминал, если коннект идет по SSH, пусть стартует freeRDP, если надо на винду. Но делает он это из своей оболочки. Тут же стоит вопрос управления и удобства, а не правильности выбранных инструментов.

Если одно-два подключения, то можно и запомнить их данные, и даже вызывать каждый раз их консоли. Если же число более 10, то это ненужная информация в голове и затраты времени на подключение. Задача менеджера помогать упорядочивать все эти данные и делать доступ комфортным. PAC Manager же прекрасно работает с KeePass, котораый достает учетные данные к подключению по мастер паролю из зашифрованного хранилища.

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How to install PAC Manager with its features

A Remote SSH/FTP/Telnet Session Management Tool- PAC Manager

PAC Manager is a GUI based Open source tool, used for configuring remote SSH/Telnet connections and it supports local executions, VNC, RDP, Cluster connections,EXPECT regular expressions and Macros, pre/post connections.

To Install PAC Manager in Linux

For Debian, Ubuntu and Linux Mint
Run the following command to download PAC manager .

To install PAC Manager

Execute the below command to install PAC Manager.

The dependency problem may occur during the installation process as shown below.

To solve the dependency problem

Use the following command.

Features of PAC Manager

Support for Multiple Protocol

It supports multiple protocol from SSH, FTP, VNC and RDP.

To install rdesktop

Use the following command to install rdesktop.

After rdesktop is installed use RDP to remote Windows machine.

Support for Tab

When you run multiple remote connections using this manager, the appropriate connections will be shown in Tabs:

It also enables you to split connections display to do so, right click on the connections tab name and select Split and then Horizontally with tab or select vertically with tab.

Support for Proxy

Proxy parameter can be set either globally or for each connections individually.

For Cluster connections

Cluster connections feature, opens up a window with multiple connections to specified hosts.

In order to add a cluster, choose the cluster tab that is available on the left pane and then select Manage Clusters to display PAC Cluster Management.

For creating a cluster name , click add button and type a name. Next you will be prompted to assign cluster members from running clusters, auto clusters or saved clusters on the right side of the pane.

Choose a cluster connection from the available connection and choose add to cluster button and give ok.

Now go to cluster tab and select the cluster name and click connect button, in order to run the cluster.

Integration KeePass

PAC Manager employs KeePass database password to prevent user entering his credentials manually. It can take the credentials from KeePass database and then load for you automatically, if you provide it KeePass master password for opening the database. If you would like to enable KeePass integration, you should have installed KeePass software earlier. Next select Infer “ User / Password ” from KeePassX. PAC Manager checks the title field by default and the available fields are created, comment, password, url, title and username.

Now you need to provide a Perl Regulars Expression pattern in order to check inside the KeePass database and click check button to display the result.

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