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How to use a smartcard with MobaXterm

How to use smartcards with SSH connections With MobaXterm, you can use a certificate stored on your smartcard for your SSH sessions. MobaXterm uses the Microsoft “CryptoAPI” mechanism. Currently, MobaXterm supports only CAPI certificates; FIDO and PKCS certificates are not supported. CAPI certificates are supported by most types of Smartcards. Follow these steps to use your smartcard: For Yubikey users, please download and install the smart card minidriver from this address: https://www.yubico.com/support/download/smart-card-drivers-tools/ Start MobaXterm and create a new SSH session. Read more »




Importing sessions from a CSV file

Importing sessions from a CSV file In MobaXterm you can import a list of sessions using a CSV file. The import wizard is available from a right click on Users sessions > Import sessions from third-party programs in the sessions panel: Here is an example of the format to use in the CSV file: Session type,Remote Host,Username,Port SSH,host1,user1,port1 SSH,host2,user2,port2 Here is a list of the available options to use in the CSV file: Folder name Session name Session type Hostname Username Port number Key file Command Proxy type Proxy host Proxy user Proxy port Proxy cmd Key Cert Host Cert Gateway host Gateway user Gateway port MobaXterm will automatically recognize the column type. Read more »