Remote SSH

For Unix, Linux and macOS devices, the scanner can connect via SSH and execute commands. Choose Options → Remote SSH from the menu.

The dialog shows two columns: Item Name and SSH Command. When creating or editing an entry, you can write the command in a syntax-highlighted editor and click Run to test it against a specific host.

Authentication

Two authentication methods are supported:

Password authentication

Enter a username and password in the authentication section. Credentials can be managed centrally via the Credential Manager.

Public key authentication

Instead of a password, specify the full path to a private key file. The application detects that the password field contains a file path and switches to key-based authentication automatically.

Connection details

The SSH connection uses the port and timeout configured in the scan options. Both IPv4 and IPv6 targets are supported. ANSI escape codes in the command output are automatically stripped so the result is clean text.

Each SSH query item runs a single command. To gather multiple pieces of information, create separate items for each command.

Command examples

uname -or

Operating system name and release.

uptime

System uptime and load average.

cat /proc/meminfo | grep MemTotal

Total installed RAM on a Linux device.

lscpu | grep "CPU MHz"

Current CPU clock speed.

ps -A | awk ’{ print $4 }’ | uniq | sort

List of running processes.