Easy SSH Connections From KDE

I was having issues with getting PAC to work (it would lock up my kdewin) so went looking for alternatives. After trying Remmina Remote Desktop Client (can't pass options to SSH), secpanel, and Easy SSH Connections widget (won't download and site is offline), I decided to just do it manually using KDE folders and icons. Here are the steps:

Create a directory somewhere in your home directory (I called mine '.SSH Connections'.

Inside the directory create a New->Link to Application. Set the following settings for the Command option in the Application tab:
konsole --new-tab -e ssh -X root@server.domain.com



This will open a new konsole window if one doesn't exist or a new tab if one does exist and start the SSH connection to the server. You can add your normal ssh options such as '-p xxxx' for port number and -C for compression.

Now that you have your icons for the connections, add a folder view widget to your desktop that points to the folder containing the SSH connections. Then drag the folder view up/down to your taskbar to have it create one icon that pops out to show all your ssh connections.




Simply clicking on the icon will drop down a list off SSH connections. Clicking on one of the connections either opens konsole and connects or puts it in a new tab on an existing konsole connection.