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Logging into an UNIX server

In order to connect to our Unix server you need a secure shell (ssh). For the first quiz this will be sufficient. However, for later assignment you also need an X11 server on your own machine. On this page you get information on how to install and configure these tools depending on the operating system you are using.

For Linux users

Usually everything you need is already installed. For the configuration just watch the video for MacOS, it is pretty much the same. Just ignore the instructions on downloading an X11 server. In case you have some exotic distribution where things are not working out of the box (actually I can not imagine that) let me know.

For MacOS users

For Windows users

The tool PuTTY is very popular on Windows for connecting to Unix machine. However, I was told that using it together with an X11 server is not as easy.

It seems that installing CygWin is the easiest way to get a usable terminal, a secure shell and an X11 server on windows. Thanks to my coworker Laura Burr there is a video that shows the installation step by step.

German version

This is the original version created by Laura in German:

English version

Here I did my best to comment the installation in English: