Hi, I know this subject probably talked here a lot but sadly I still not figure it. I used to work with SecureCRT on Windows 11 and connected to my VDI session (Linux Machine), I enable x11 forwarding to open X apps like virt-manager or xclock. (to enable X server on Windows I use X410 app), it's actually was very easy and worked like magic. Now I moved to MacBook M1 Pro with Ventura OS and installed SecureCRT. as I understand MacOS should to support X11 via XQuartz app. I installed it and actually able to work it once but not any more. my main issue is understand what my localhost (x11) server ip to config on SecureCRT. (I remember on windows it's was - 127.0.0.1:10.0 or something similar). if I opening XQuartz and configure xclock inside it and open MacOS terminal xclock it's working.
The default X display for X clients is set to the local X Window server display when you launch the Xquartz X Window server. That is the DEFAULT environment variable shown above. That X display selected is the local display.
You only need alter that DISPLAY (or potentially specify the target X Window server display explicitly on a command that supports an X client) if you want to send the display to a remote X Window server.
and that will pass your DISPLAY environment variable to the remote system. DO NOT set your own DISPLAY environment variable on the remote system. Let ssh establish an X11 tunnel and create the DISPLAY environment variable that points to the ssh X11 tunnel created by the -Y option.
If you are new to GNS3, you may not realise what a difference your choice of Terminal Application can make to your productivity. If you then use the same terminal application when you are at the coalface configuring routers, you may find some features invaluable.
But finding an application with all of these features is not as easy as you might think. Here is a run down of all the Terminal Applications that are supported natively from within GNS3 grouped by operating system.
In my opinion, Konsole is the best of all the Linux based terminals. The biggest drawback of Konsole is the fact that it is a KDE based application, rather than a Gnome based application, so if you are using a Gnome desktop environment the Konsole install is a hefty download and runs several more background processes than it would on a KDE environment.
The Linux install of PuTTY gives one window per device, similar to the default xterm console application. It must be installed before it can be summoned by GNS3, but PuTTY is easily installed on Ubuntu or Linux Mint from the Software Center/Manager.
The main trick to getting the most out of PuTTY is to know that you can press +Right-Click to bring up a menu where you can choose Change Settings to bring up the PuTTY Reconfiguration dialogue. Because it is so similar to the Windows version, it is very popular with folk who have to work across Linux and Windows platforms.
SecureCRT is a commercial program and the only application supported on all three OS flavours, but if you are serious about study you may consider forking out the reasonable license price. SecureCRT can be downloaded for a trial before you purchase from
SecureCRT features a multi-session tabbed interface with extensive session management and customisation features. Customisation options include toolbars, menus, keymaps, button bar, and login scripts, as well as fonts, cursors, and colour schemes. Since version 7.1, tiled windows are also supported.
The native OS X Terminal application is basic, and supports transparency, unlimited scrollback, search, and single-click copy and paste. The application supports tabs too, but not in a way that can be made use of by GNS3 (if someone is clever enough to write an applescript to open multiple tabs, please let us know on the GNS3 Forum).
The search feature is function is a live search that highlights all occurrences of the search term as you type, similar to Konsole, and it supports and single-click copy-and-paste as well as unlimited scrollback to make it the only application to get a perfect score.
SecureCRT on OS X essentially supports the same features as on Linux and Windows, which makes it a great application if you wish to use the same application across multiple operating systems. The OS X version has the same features and faults as the Linux version, so gets the same score.
SecureCRT on Windows essentially supports the same features as on Linux and OS X, which makes it a great application if you wish to use the same application across multiple operating systems. The Windows version has the same features and faults as the Linux version, so gets the same score.
Although a solid ssh and serial console client, for GNS3 use, it really has no advanced features. 10000 lines of scrollback and single-click cut-and-paste are the only points it scores.
Process: If you want to use secret credentials to connect directly to the remote host. This choice launches the process on the user's machine and replaces $ parameters with values from the Secret and its associated Secret.
Proxied SSH Process: If you have SSH Proxy enabled. Launches the specified SSH client on the user's machine. This prevents Secret credentials from being passed to the client by connecting to Secret Server's proxy to interact with the remote host. When the SSH Proxy Server is running, launched SSH sessions are proxied through the server.
Batch File: Not used for this task. Launches the indicated batch file on the user's machine. Allows the script to launch multiple processes using information from the server. Recommended only for advanced users.
Session Connector Launcher: Not used for this task. Allows for downloading and running an RDP file to launch into a Remote Desktop Server with protocol handler installed, so end-user client machines do not need to install anything. Recommended only for advanced users.
Depending on what launcher type you chose, all the steps below may not apply. The steps are in the order they appear in the UI, so if you do not see the item mentioned in the instruction in the interface, you can simply ignore it.
Click to select the Use Additional Prompt check box to add another field to the prompt. A text box appears to type the name of the field. You can reference the value in the arguments with the $ prefix.
Click to select the Wrap custom parameters with quotation marks check box to prevent parameter injection in Process Arguments field. When selected, quotation marks are inserted around custom parameters prior to launch. For example:$USERNAME becomes "$USERNAME".
Click to select the Preserve SSH Client Process check box to keep SSH client processes running after the launched process terminates. This is to support tabbed SSH clients and only applies to proxied SSH processes.
Type the location and filename of the executable (C:\program files\acme software\clients\securecrt.exe) in the Process Name text box in the Windows Settings section. The location must be on the client machine (the machine that will run the launcher).
Your done, you should now be able to connect from your machine to any CoC machine. SecureCRT will require you to enter the passphrase to decrypt your private key the first time you connect to any machine in each windows login. Subsequent logins will happen without passwords.
7fc3f7cf58