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Section 3.1: The Session panel
The Session configuration panel contains the basic options you need to
specify in order to open a session at all, and also allows you to save
your settings to be reloaded later.
3.1.1 The host name section
The top box on the Session panel, labelled "Specify your connection by
host name", contains the details that need to be filled in before PuTTY
can open a session at all.
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The Host Name box is where you type the name, or the IP address,
of the server you want to connect to.
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The Protocol radio buttons let you choose what type of connection
you want to make: a raw connection, a Telnet connection, or an SSH connection.
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The Port box lets you specify which port number on the server to
connect to. If you select Telnet or SSH, this box will be filled in automatically
to the usual value, and you will only need to change it if you have an
unusual server. If you select Raw mode, you will almost certainly need
to fill in the Port box.
3.1.2 Loading and storing saved sessions
The next part of the Session configuration panel allows you to save your
preferred PuTTY options so they will appear automatically the next time
you start PuTTY. It also allows you to create saved sessions, which
contain a full set of configuration options plus a host name and protocol.
A saved session contains all the information PuTTY needs to start exactly
the session you want.
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To save your default settings: first set up the settings the way you want
them saved. Then come back to the Session panel. Select the "Default Settings"
entry in the saved sessions list, with a single click. Then press the Save
button.
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To save a session: first go through the rest of the configuration box setting
up all the options you want. Then come back to the Session panel. Enter
a name for the saved session in the Saved Sessions input box. (The
server name is often a good choice for a saved session name.) Then press
the Save button. Your saved session name should now appear in the
list box.
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To reload a saved session: single-click to select the session name in the
list box, and then press the Load button. Your saved settings should
all appear in the configuration panel.
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To modify a saved session: first load it as described above. Then make
the changes you want. Come back to the Session panel, single-click to select
the session name in the list box, and press the Save button. The
new settings will be saved over the top of the old ones.
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To start a saved session immediately: double-click on the session name
in the list box.
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To delete a saved session: single-click to select the session name in the
list box, and then press the Delete button.
Each saved session is independent of the Default Settings configuration.
If you change your preferences and update Default Settings, you must also
update every saved session separately.
3.1.3 "Close Window on Exit"
Finally in the Session panel, there is a check box labelled "Close Window
on Exit". If this is turned on, the PuTTY session window will disappear
as soon as the session inside it terminates. Otherwise, the window will
remain on the desktop until you close it yourself, so you can still read
and copy text out of it.
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