Remote connection, open new tab

one way is to go into terminal, go to settings and startup. you should see a field where you can enter the command you want executed. by default, it will do login, but you can change it to "ssh user@ server.businessunit.location.network.domain". when you open a new tab or window, it will ask for the password of the ssh session. this would be annoying if you used terminal for things besides sshing to this server as this user.

another option would be to create a .command file and place it in your dock. it's a shell script more or less that opens a new window and executes whatever you put in it. it's a text file and you could have just one line in there that is "ssh user@ server.businessunit.location.network.domain" and save it somewhere (like desktop or somewhere out of sight) and drag it to the dock. clicking it will open terminal and give you a new window. this would allow you to keep the usual login command so if you use terminal regularly you will not be annoyed by the downsides of the first suggestion.

Another option is to use iTerm <http://iterm.sourceforge.net>
It allows you to maintain a bookmark list of systems where each one can have its own ssh command for making the connection.

You can also bind a hotkey to a given bookmark (cmd-ctrl-letter) and create a new tabbed session, that then ssh's into the remote system.

Some people like iTerm. Some do not. If you find it interesting, play with the fonts, play with the options, and see if it will work for you.

But if you still want to stay with Terminal, you can also do something like:

open -a Terminal ssh://username@remote.system.name

This can be run from from a terminal session, it can be run via an Applications -> Automator -> Run Shell Script workflow saved as a double clickable application. Or you could write an Applescript to run the command. Or you can get Platypus (free download) to turn any script into a double-clickable appliation.

The downside is that this appears to create a new Terminal window, and not a new tab.

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