FAQ - At home, how do I SSH into our Arch Server(s)?

FAQ 23: At home, how do I SSH into our Arch Server(s)?

Posted Date: 2006-03-27 Posted By: Juan
Updated Date: 2009-11-23 20:32:55 Updated By: jason

Categories: * Networking / Wireless * Computer Accounts

Windows user:

SSH client is NOT preinstalled on Windows OS. So at home, you will have to download and install the SSH client.
A good freeware SSH client for Windows is called:

PuTTY (check out http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html )

Just unZip the file to your hard drive, and execute it in Windows.
* SSH uses Port: 22

Alteratively, SSH Secure Shell 3.2, and is downloadable from -
http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/indexcomplete.html, under SSH.

Then just install the client, reading the instructions on how to proceed after.
Type in the command from the Command Prompt: ssh sshserver.arch.usyd.edu.au

MAC OSX user:

SSH client is preinstalled already for the OSX OS.
To connect to www.arch.usyd.edu.au (where you should be able to access your Unix Home Folder) you should get to the Terminal prompt ( /Applications/Utilities/ ) and type:

ssh sshserver.arch.usyd.edu.au

or any other known ssh host that you wish to connect to.