Accessing the Euclid command line remotely via ssh

You will sometimes need to access the command line on Euclid remotely---to run the handin program, for instance. If you substitute "euclid" with the name of one of the department Macs, the same instructions will let you access their command line as well.

From a Knox public lab Windows machine:

  1. Open the Start menu.
  2. From "All programs", select "Putty_Plink" and then "putty".
  3. Make sure the "ssh" button is ticked, and type "euclid" into the address field.
  4. Provide username and password when prompted.

From other Windows:

  1. If you haven't already gotten it, download and install PuTTY.
  2. Run PuTTY.
  3. Make sure the "ssh" button is ticked, and type "euclid.lab.knet.edu" into the address field.
  4. Provide username and password when prompted.

From a Mac (OS X):

  1. Go to the Applications folder.
  2. Go to the Utilities folder.
  3. Open the Terminal application. (You might as well Control-click it on the dock and tell it to stay there; you'll use it a lot.)
  4. Once the terminal window is open, follow the instructions for "From another Linux machine".

From another Linux machine:

  1. At the prompt, type "ssh LOGIN@euclid.lab.knet.edu", replacing LOGIN with your own login name (in lowercase).
  2. Depending on where you do this from, you may be prompted for your password. Type it and hit enter.