X11 server with ssh client terminal and tools for Windows
Freemium X11 server with ssh client terminal and tools for Windows. It is produced by and available from mobatek.
Questions tagged [mobaxterm]
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How to export MobaXterm sessions to another computer?
How can I export MobaXterm sessions to another computer? There is mention of a MobaXterm.ini file, but I cannot locate that file using the documentation.
steampowered
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Where does MobaXterm keep its home directory?
I have found MobaXterm to be a very useful terminal client, but I really want to be able to move files into and out of the home directory /home/mobaxterm. On my Windows filesystem, that is not a valid path, so where is /home/mobaxterm really located…
Christopher Bottoms
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use Windows path variable in MobaXterm
How can I use the Windows path in MobaXterm?
I enjoy using MobaXterm for bash commands in windows. But I dislike that I need to change directories to run many executables.
The MobaXterm documentation mentions using the windows path but doesn't…
steampowered
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Turn off screen saver in MobaXterm
Is there a way turn off the screen saver on MobaXterm?
MobaXterm uses a screen saver implementing penguins icons which glide across the screen during periods of user inactivity. I would like to prevent this.
steampowered
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How do I get out of full-screen mode in MobaXterm?
I am in full-screen mode in MobaXterm and can't seem to get out of it. I tried right-clicking and selecting "reset the terminal", but that didn't work.
I also tried Alt-Tab, F8 and other escape sequences I use in other programs, but nothing obvious…
Christopher Bottoms
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Windows 10, MobaXterm, "bash: /bin/chmod: cannot execute binary file"
bash: /bin/chmod: cannot execute binary file.
Similar to another question here on the boards.
I tried answer suggestion, but to no avail:
uninstalled MobaXterm
re-installed MobaXterm
Still get:
bash: /bin/chmod: cannot execute binary file
The…
rvjrvj
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How can I add as many sessions as I want?
In Mobaxterm, is there a way to add as many remote sessions as want?
I don't see any options in the file mobaxterm.ini
Ikaros
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Config option to permanently disable "window always in foreground" mode in MobaXTerm
The MobaXterm release notes for v9.4 say the following:
Improvement: added a "Stay on top" button for fullscreen windows
in order to toggle "window always in foreground" mode
I want to disable this window always in foreground mode, and my hunch…
Pushpendre
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MobaXTerm jumps to next tab when pressing CTRL
I have the problem, that I every time I press CTRL MobaXTerm jumps to the next tab, although the keyboard shortcut is set to CTRL+SHIFT+TAB.
This makes it difficult to use shells, since the CTRL key is frequently used, e.g. for CTRL+C.
Does anybody…
veio
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How to send “ctrl + c” in MobaXterm
In MobaXterm, any time you press ctrl, it opens the “find in terminal” dialog, preventing you from using hotkeys like ctrl+c or ctrl+z.
How do you work around this?
Jacklynn
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MobaXterm keepalive change default of 60s to 10s
I had to change from Fiber to LTE. Now my SSH keeps timing out.
I can enable keepalive under Settings->Configuration->SSH->Keepalive, however this always sets it at 60s. 10s seems to work better for me.
I can set the keep alive in the PuTTY config…
Matiaan
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How can I copy from MobaXTerm and paste into something of external (for example Google)?
I would like to copy stuff from MobaXTerm into something external to MobaXTerm, for instance copy a command that I ran in MobaXTerm or a Matlab code opened from MobaXTerm and paste it into Google to search for it. The traditional method does not…
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MobaXterm Newline
Is there any way to set MobaXterm to implicitly add Carriage Return chars ("\r") when a Newline character, "\n", is received? Like in TeraTerm you can set NewLine to CR, CR+LF, LF or auto.
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preventing MobaXTerm sidebar from opening,
I would like to not have to close the sidebar after opening a ssh session but i cannot find a way to stop it.
Does anyone know if there is a way to stop MobaXTerm from opening up the sidebar after connecting or even to remove the sidebar altogether.…
Peter Moore
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Why can't I import Mobaxterm sessions from file?
I can export these just fine, but when I go to import them, they don't show up in the import file chooser dialog box. I can see the exported sessions when I export a new one.
Keith Davis
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