SSH handler for Firefox

linux

add the following lines to user.js (in the profile folder):

user_pref(“network.protocol-handler.external.ssh”, true);
user_pref(“network.protocol-handler.warn-external.ssh”, false);
user_pref(“network.protocol-handler.expose.ssh”, true);
user_pref(“network.protocol-handler.app.ssh”, \
[noLineBreak] “/PATHTO/NAME_OF_SSHHANDLER_HELPER_SCRIPT”);

ssh handler helper script

#!/usr/bin/env bash  
  
xterm -e ssh \`echo $1 | sed -e "s/ssh:\\/\\///"\`  
#  
\# don't forget to set the script's exectuable flag  
#  

---

windows

execute (or combine) ssh.reg:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00  
  
\[HKEY\_LOCAL\_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Classes\\ssh\]  
@="URL:ssh Protocol"  
"URL Protocol"=""  
  
\[HKEY\_LOCAL\_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Classes\\ssh\\DefaultIcon\]  
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\\  
00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,75,00,72,00,\\  
6c,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,30,00,00,00  
  
\[HKEY\_LOCAL\_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Classes\\ssh\\shell\]  
  
\[HKEY\_LOCAL\_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Classes\\ssh\\shell\\open\]  
  
\[HKEY\_LOCAL\_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Classes\\ssh\\shell\\open\\command\]  
@="c:\\\\Program Files\\\\SSH Communications Security\\\\ \\  
\[noLineBreak\] SSH Secure Shell for Workstations\\\\Sshhandler.cmd \\"%1\\""  

save ssh.cmd in (e.g.) c:\Program Files\SSH Communications Security\SSH Secure Shell for Workstations\Sshhandler.cmd

> @echo off  
> @FOR /F "tokens=2,3 delims=/@" %%a IN ("%~1") DO \\  
> "c:\\Program Files\\SSH Secure Shell for Workstations\\SSH Secure Shell for Workstations\\ \\  
> \[noLineBreak\] SshClient.exe" -u "%%a" -h "%%b"  
>   
> rem ...DO start SshClient.exe - without quotes - works better;  
> rem but how does the path go into there without quotes...?

in case it doesn’t work add the following lines to user.js:

user_pref(“network.protocol-handler.external.ssh”, true);
user_pref(“network.protocol-handler.warn-external.ssh”, false);
user_pref(“network.protocol-handler.expose.ssh”, true);

i happily give credit for this - and particularly the windows integration - to martisch_AT_uos.de (www.waldwolf.net)