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PAC Manager

PAC is a Perl/GTK Gnome replacement for SecureCRT/Putty/etc... Created by David Torrejón Vaquerizas

Free Open Source
Linux
Discontinued

PAC is a Perl/GTK Gnome replacement for SecureCRT/Putty/etc... It provides a GUI to configure SSH/Telnet connections: users, passwords, EXPECT regular expressions, macros, etc.

Unique Linux application to impletement almost every SecureCRT's functionality.

Remote and local macros.

Remotely send commands with EXPECT regexp.

Cluster connections!! Connections on same cluster share keystrokes!!

Proxy support. More Info »

KeePassX support!

Serial/tty connection via cu/tip/remote-tty connections!!
RDP (via rdesktop) and VNC (via vncviewer) support!!

Pre/post connections local executions.

Line-send dealy capabilities.

TABS OR WINDOWS for connections!!

Quick access to configured connections via tray menu icon.

Wake-On-LAN features!

Many many more I just forgot, and many many more to come (ASA I find time!)

FREE (GNU GPLv3)

Links to official PAC Manager sites

Official Website GitHub

Features

Group connections Support for Multiple protocols Password management RDP RDP sessions in a tab Remote desktop SSH Tabbed interface Terminal emulator Add a feature

Categories

Development Network & Admin OS & Utilities Remote Work & Education Security & Privacy

Tags

Discontinued cluster development gtk perl putty remote-connection securecrt ssh-client telnet vnc

PAC Manager (sometimes referred to as PACManager, PAC, Perl Auto Connector) was added by perseo22 in Apr 2011 and the latest update was made in Mar 2020. The list of alternatives was updated Nov 2019. It's possible to update the information on PAC Manager or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

PAC Manager is discontinued

The project seems to be no longer developed. Last version, 4.5.5.7, released in November 2015, can be still downloaded from the official website.

MORE APP INFO Official website

Reviews 4

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PAC Manager Comments

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Security

Comment by KuljinKasey

about PAC Manager · Aug 2011 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

So I work for a commercial company so I have a few questions.

First of all, I like the layout of PAC as I have been using it at home. This is something I may want to have implemented at the helpdesk at work and my questions to you is:

Do you have any issues with this being used for commercial purposes?
What is the security of this program compare to other user-based programs being used out there?

reply

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perseo22 · Jul 2012

Hi!
Sorry for the LATE reply... :( I didn't know people use this page to ask for questions... my fault... sorry :(

No, no problem at all!! :) (anyway, you know, donations are accepted :P ) No, really, you may use it how/where you want! PAC is free! As in freedom!! ;)
Hmmmm... well, I don't think its inherent security may be any problem, since it relies on well known binaries (ssh, rdesktop, ...) and it's configuration is saved with passwords encrypted.

Any doubt, please, don't hesitate to ask! (better through sourceforge.net: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pacmanager/ , since I check it and received notifications).

Anyway, thank you very very much for your interest in PAC!!

David.