To log in to the CS Department computers, you will need a SSH client. There are several free SSH clients available for Windows. We have used PuTTY with great success. We have also used WinSCP to copy files between Windows and Unix computers.
If you wish to copy files between the your computer and your linux account, you will want to get…
Once you have logged in, you should see a bunch of messages welcoming you to the computer science department computer system. The last line is the shell, with a cursor waiting for you to type a command. If this is your first time, try typing ls
to get a listing of files in your home directory.
When you have finished and want to end your connection, type exit
into the shell.
Note - it is sometimes handy to paste text from your Windows clipboard into the Linix terminal. PuTTY uses the convention of a right mouse click to accomplish pasting. Selecting text in PuTTY is equivalent to copying to your clipboard as well.
To copy files over a network, say from your computer to the computer science department's computer system or the other way around, use WinSCP.