Topics

• Software Needed
• Logging in to a Unix Machine
• Copying Files to a Unix Machine
• Accessing a Unix Machine Using the UMB Wireless Network

Software Needed

• To login in to a Unix machine on the Computer Science Department network ...
• you will need an SSH client for Windows
• SSH stands for secure shell
• it a protocol that allows a user to create a secure connection to a remote Unix machine
• There are several SSH clients for Windows ...
• but I recommend putty.exe ...
• is part of the PuTTY open source project
• You can downloaded this putty.exe here
• To copy files to, or get files from, a remote Unix machine ...
• you need a Windows SCP client
• SCP stands for secure copy
• A nice scp client for Windows is FileZilla ...
• which you can download here

Logging in to a Unix Machine

• Run putty.exe and click the SSH button
• The Port number should now be 22
• In the Host name box enter users3.cs.jumb.edu
• Click the Open button
• If you get a security alert dialog, click the Yes button
• When prompted, type in your Unix ID
• When prompted, type in your password
• Type exit when you are done

Copying Files to a Unix Machine

• Run FileZilla
• In the Host name box, enter users3.cs.umb.edu
• In the User name box, enter your Unix username
• In the Password box, enter your Unix password
• In the Port box, enter 22
• Click the Quickconnect button
• You will now see a window with two panes
• The pane on the left shows the files on your PC
• The pane on the right show the Unix directory structure
• You can click and drag a file from your PC to the Unix machine
• But you can only do this in directories where you have write privileges

Accessing a Unix Machine Using the UMB Wireless Network

• If you are connected to the UMB Wireless network ...
• you can use both both of the programs mentioned above the same way you do from home