PuTTy

Hi Lucy,

PuTTy is a Windows/Unix client only, so it won't run in the Mac OS.

You can run it on your MBP via windows. To run Windows applications on your Mac, you need to use Boot Camp (Apple's solution that allows you to boot your MBP into Windows) or a virtualization solution. See Kappy's response in this thread for a complete list of your options. You might try CrossOver first, as that's free.

You can also run it as an X11 app. From the PuTTy FAQ: "The Unix/Gtk port is already fully working under Mac OS X as an X11 application." X11 is an optional install from your original Mac installation DVDs. You can learn more about X11 here.

You can download PuTTy (Windows/Unix) here.

Hope this helps...

It means you can't run PuTTy on the Mac under the Mac OS. You need to run it in a different "environment", like X11 or Windows, both of which run on your Mac, just not directly in the Mac OS. I hope that makes sense. As an example, you click on Safari in the dock and it opens. That's a Mac app. To run PuTTy under Windows you'd have to launch the Windows virtualization software (e.g. Parallels) then run PuTTy within that, or reboot your MBP into Windows with Boot Camp; or, launch the X11 environment and open PuTTy from within that environment.

If you have no particular attachment to PuTTy, there are many Mac OS telnet/ssh clients, and the Mac OS even has those features built-in, if you are comfortable in Terminal. Here's a launcher GUI that will manage telnet/ssh sessions:

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/9201

If you need to move files up/down via FTP, consider CyberDuck or Transmit.

http://cyberduck.ch/
http://www.panic.com/transmit/

Use the build in ssh command in the terminal. Putty was built for Windows due to it's lack of native ssh support.
Also, I am slightly worried that someone administering a Unix box would not know this...

I'm even more worried by people suggesting you used a port of putty or boot camp...
Just type:
ssh username@server
In the terminal (substituting the relevant details) to log in. If you need x11 forwarding you can append -Y to the end of that. Also, if you need other features like tunnelling typing
ssh (or)
man ssh
on the terminal will give you the syntax required.

I just read that there is a unix port (not sure if that would run under X11 on the Mac) and that a Mac client is in development.