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In Windows, I use PuTTY to log in a Linux-based remote server via SSH.

Is is possible to change the default directory entry point I get to after I connect and login? (That would be a nice time saver.)

e.g. from server/home/ to server/home/subdir/subdir/

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You can also change the directory within PuTTY itself:

1. Configuration → Connection → SSH

2. Fill in the "Remote command" field with the following:

   cd subdir/subdir ; /bin/bash
   

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• Add cd subdir/subdir to ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile, or
• change the home directory of the user.

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You could use screen to keep your current directory by always logging into the same screen session.

Add the screen command with parameters to your putty saved session under SSH>Remote Command. See the screen documentation for which parameters to use.

screen -R -O -t mysession -S mysession -f

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Depends on a lot of things. Mainly the server operating system. Most SSH servers run Linux or Unix of some flavor. When you connect via any method of remote text login (as SSH is one member of this category) such a system will automatically spawn a shell process to talk to you. That's probably "bash", and it runs various things on startup. Check out

man bash

to learn more. One of the many things you can do is cd to a subfolder.