Getting to a remote computer
The terminal window
- Macs and Linux have Terminal programs built-in – find it now on your computer
- Windows needs help
- Putty – http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
- simple Terminal and file copy programs
- download putty.exe (terminal) and pscp.exe (secure copy client)
- Git-bash – http://msysgit.github.io/
- terminal plus minimal Linux environment
- Cygwin – http://www.cygwin.com/
- a full Linux environment, including X-windows for running GUI programs remotely
- complicated to install
- Putty – http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
SSH
ssh is an executable program that runs on your local computer and allows you to connect securely to a remote computer.
On Macs, Linux and Windows Git-bash or Cygwin, you run it from a Terminal window. Answer yes to the SSH security question prompt.
SSH to access Lonestar at TACC
ssh your_TACC_userID@stampede.tacc.utexas.edu
If you're using Putty as your Terminal from Windows:
- Double-click the Putty.exe icon
- In the PuTTY Configuration window
- make sure the Connection type is
SSH
- enter
stampede.tacc.utexas.edu
for Host Name - click Open button
- answer Yes to the SSH security question
- make sure the Connection type is
- In the PuTTY terminal
- enter your TACC user id after the login as: prompt, then Enter
The bash shell
You're now at a command line! It looks as if you're running directly on the remote computer, but really there are two programs communicating: your local Terminal and the remote Shell. There are many shell programs available in Linux, but the default is bash (Bourne-again shell).
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