cygwin ssh shortcut from windows desktop

Question

I have multiple servers that I need to remote into. I prefer Cygwin over Putty to do so.

Anyhows - the process of opening my cool Mintty window and then typing the follo

Answer 1

To accomplish this I did the following steps:

Step 1: Created a directory where I installed Cygwin called scripts

Step 2: In this directory created a BASH script called servername.sh

Step 3: servername.sh will have the following contents (a single line):

eval `ssh-agent`;ssh-add;ssh user@servername

(Make sure you substitute user and servername with the appropriate information)

Step 4: Created a shortcut of your Cygwin Terminal icon

Step 5: Pasted it where I wanted it (on my Desktop - but you can chose where you want to place it).

Step 6: Right click and renamed my shortcut (name it my server name)

Step 7: Right click and select Properties

Step 8: In the Target attributes section I have the following line of code -

C:\Cygwin\bin\mintty.exe -e /bin/sh -l -c '/scripts/servername.sh'

And make sure your paths match up with your environment!

Cheers.