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- | ====== Secure Shell on Mac OS X, Unix, and Linux ====== | + | ====== Secure Shell on macOS, Unix, and Linux ====== |
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===== Installation ===== | ===== Installation ===== | ||
- | Any modern Unix-like operating systems should come with secure shell client utilities already installed. This is true for Mac OS X, Ubuntu, Fedora, Mandrake Linux, FreeBSD and many others. If, however, you need a ssh client, you can download one from the openssh website: http:// | + | Any modern Unix-like operating systems should come with secure shell client utilities already installed. This is true for macOS, Ubuntu, Fedora, Mandrake Linux, FreeBSD and many others. If, however, you need a ssh client, you can download one from the openssh website: http:// |
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===== Logging in using ssh ===== | ===== Logging in using ssh ===== | ||
- | - Open a terminal. In Mac OS X, you can find this in Applications/ | + | - Open a terminal. In macOS, you can find this in /Applications/ |
- Type the following to connect, replacing USER with your user name. Your user name is likely the first two letters of your first name and your whole last name, all in lower case:\\ '' | - Type the following to connect, replacing USER with your user name. Your user name is likely the first two letters of your first name and your whole last name, all in lower case:\\ '' | ||
- If this is the first time connecting to the department, you will be given an error message similar to "The authenticity of host ' | - If this is the first time connecting to the department, you will be given an error message similar to "The authenticity of host ' | ||
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==== Using sftp ==== | ==== Using sftp ==== | ||
- | To start a sftp connection, type in a terminal '' | + | To start a sftp connection, type in a terminal '' |
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==== Using scp ==== | ==== Using scp ==== | ||
- | To copy a file from your computer to your computer science account:\\ '' | + | To copy a file from your computer to your computer science account:\\ '' |
- | To copy a file from your computer science account to your computer:\\ '' | + | To copy a file from your computer science account to your computer:\\ '' |
==== Graphical secure copy tools ==== | ==== Graphical secure copy tools ==== | ||
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- | === Gui clients for OS X === | + | === GUI clients for macOS === |
- | If you are using Mac OS X and wish to have a graphical front end for copying files over a network, we suggest using Cyberduck or Fugu. Cyberduck is available at http:// | + | If you are using macOS and wish to have a graphical front end for copying files over a network, we suggest using Cyberduck or Fugu. Cyberduck is available at http:// |
=== Other clients === | === Other clients === | ||
- | There are many other graphical front ends that you might be interested in, both for OS X and for Linux including: | + | There are many other graphical front ends that you might be interested in, both for macOS and for Linux including: |
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* Nautilus | * Nautilus | ||
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