How-To: Open a local shell session in SecureCRT on Ubuntu WSL

[berdmann]

Would you like to be able to open a local bash shell in SecureCRT on Ubuntu WSL? Please refer to the following requirements and configuration steps:

Requirements:

• SecureCRT 8.7.0 or newer
• Windows 10 build 1809 or newer
• Windows update services enabled

Configuration Steps:

1. From Windows' Settings or Control Panel, search for "Turn Windows features on or off" and enable the Windows Subsystem for Linux feature. (This will require a restart)
   

   

2. Install Ubuntu 18.04 either from the Microsoft Store or manually using the following link:
   

   https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win...install-manual
   

3. Install SecureCRT version 8.7.0 or newer on Windows 10 (1809 or newer)
   

   https://www.vandyke.com/cgi-bin/rele...duct=securecrt

4. Launch SecureCRT and then Quick Connect. Select "Local Shell" for the protocol and replace cmd.exe with bash.exe
   

   

5. Connect your local shell session, voila!
   

   

[alexj212]

This works great, I would like to pass options to the shell such as

c:\windows\system32\wsl.exe -d Ubuntu-20.04 -u alexj

I get an error that the local shell path is not a console application, but if I do

c:\windows\system32\wsl.exe

Then it will work without the options I wanted past.

Any ideas, or can this be added as an option in the future.

[alexj212]

I found a semi working solution, I created a bat file with the options I wanted and reference that as the shell. The file dialog to select a shell defaults to *.exe but you can manually specify the bat file.

[jjh]

Hi Alex.

Thanks for the update. I have created an entry for you in our feature request database. We will post something here should a version of SecureCRT become available with the ability to pass command line arguments to the local shell process.

When you say that you have a semi working solution, what part of it isn't working for you?

Thanks

JJH