Using the Activator
From SecureCRT
A session is a set of options that are assigned to a connection to a remote machine. These settings and options are saved under a session name and allow the user to have different preferences for different hosts.
Using
the Activator
The Activator allows you to minimize specific sessions or all sessions to the system tray instead of the task bar. This can be useful if you have a number of sessions running or if you only use SecureCRT to port forward your connections to another machine.
The Activator also supports SSH agent functionality, so that if SecureCRT is closed, authentication will happen automatically as long as the Activator is still running. If you would like to use the Activator's SSH agent functionality but do not want to minimize to the Activator, the Activator can be added to the Windows Start menu or can be started manually.
Enabling the Activator
The Activator can be enabled as a global option (affecting all sessions) or as a session option (affecting only specific sessions).
To enable the Activator option for all sessions, complete the following steps:
1. Select Global Options... from the Options menu.
2. Click on the General category.
3. Check the Minimize to Activator in the system tray check box to turn on the Activator. This option is off by default. The Minimize to Activator in the system tray setting in the Session Options dialog overrides this setting.
4. Click the OK button to save your changes.
To enable the Activator option for an individual session, complete the following steps for each session for which you want to use the Activator:
1. Select Session Options... from the Options menu.
2. Click on the Terminal category.
3. Set the Minimize to Activator in the system tray check box to the state that you want:
a. Clear – Turns off the setting for this session.
b. Black check – Turns on the setting for this session.
c. Grayed check – Defaults to the setting selected in the Global Options dialog. By default, this option is configured to use the global options setting.
4. Click the OK button to save your changes.
Restoring Sessions
To restore sessions that have been minimized to the system tray, right-click on the Activator icon in the tray and choose the session that you want to restore from the resulting menu.
Managing Agent Keys
In the Activator menu, selecting the Manage Agent Keys… command will open the Manage Agent Keys dialog which allows you to add keys to and remove keys from the list of accepted agent keys.