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- | ====== Connecting to a Linux computer using SSH (text mode interface) ====== | + | ====== Connecting to a Linux computer using SSH from a Windows computer |
- | Many software applications on Linux are designed in a way that they can be used using a text mode interface only. This means, there is no graphical user interface which is operated with a mouse or a touchscreen but just a single | + | Open your web browser and navigate to the PuTTY client download website here: |
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+ | ====== Connecting to a Linux computer using SSH from a Linux computer (text mode interface) ====== | ||
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+ | Many software applications on Linux are designed in a way that they can be used using a text mode interface only. This means, there is no graphical user interface which is operated with a mouse or a touchscreen but just a command prompt which takes single text commands which can be combined with options and parameters. | ||
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+ | To connect to a remote computer running Linux through SSH from a computer running Linux, first navigate through your // | ||
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ssh **username**@**computer**.physik.fu-berlin.de | ssh **username**@**computer**.physik.fu-berlin.de | ||
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+ | It is highly recommended to use the computer //login// since it is a machine guaranteed to be running 24/7 and has enough hardware ressources to be used by several users simualtanously for login. | ||
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+ | **ssh username@login.physik.fu-berlin.de** | ||
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+ | ====== Connecting to a Linux computer using SSH from a Mac computer (text mode interface) ====== | ||
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+ | Any Mac computer running MacOS X brings everything you need to connect to a Linux computer using SSH. The //ssh// command is built in and can be run from the // | ||
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+ | First, open **Finder** and navigate to your // | ||
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+ | In the folder // | ||
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+ | This should open a terminal window. In the terminal window, type: | ||
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+ | ssh **username**@login.physik.fu-berlin.de, | ||
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+ | You're now logged in to the primary login computer at the Physics department. |