Weird terminal behaviour using Chrome's Secure Shell extension

RouterOS General
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Hello,

I have been trying to administer my Mikrotik router from SSH, using the Chrome Secure Shell extension:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/secure-shell/pnhechapfaindjhompbnflcldabbghjo

However, it seems there is a wrong detection of the terminal capabilities, making it impossible to see anything but the last line of every command output…
(which renders administration kinda difficult)

Is there something I can do to use this extension to connect to my router ?

Chrome: 46
Secure Shell extension: 0.8.34
RouterOS: 6.32.2

Thanks,
Matthias

2

Small update:

I have tried to play with the TERM environment variable, with the following values:

  • hterm, which is the default value
  • xterm
  • ansi

But it doesn’t change that behavior, and therefore it’s not possible to administer my Mikrotik(s) from my Chromebook.

Anyone has a clue on how RouterOS detects the terminal capabilities, and if it’s possible to override ?

3

I’ve been experiencing this issue as well. I’m afraid I can’t add much other than that. I’ve fiddled with the settings but so far I haven’t found anything that works.

No issues with Putty on Windows, of course.

4

I too am encountering this issue. Only started happening after a ROS update a few months ago. It makes it where you can only see the last line of the response.

5

I’m having this issue too. Has anyone found a fix or a decent work around?
Thanks.

6

It’s still an issue, not sure why it happens,

if you change the window size after logging in by e.g. resizing the secureshell window, or changing the font size (ctrl + / ctrl -) .. it works fine.