Setting Up Your SSH Account

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You'll be given an unprivileged account on our server in order to establish the connection (see [[Connecting to the Server]]).
 
You'll be given an unprivileged account on our server in order to establish the connection (see [[Connecting to the Server]]).
 
Feel free to share this account with any of your friends, but you are responsible for their behaviour if they're using your account.
 
Feel free to share this account with any of your friends, but you are responsible for their behaviour if they're using your account.
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To request an account, contact one of the server admins: [[User:Artevelde|Artevelde]] or [[User:Float|Float]].
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== Logging In ==
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=== Linux and OS X ===
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# Open the terminal (Applications/Utilities/Terminal on a Mac).
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# Type into the terminal: <code>ssh <username>@208.115.212.56</code>
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# You will be prompted for your password.
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# ...and you're in.
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=== Windows ===
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# Download and install [[PuTTY]].
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# Start up PuTTY.
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# Type <code>208.115.212.56</code> into the "Host Name (or IP address)" box.
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# Press the "Open" button.
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# You will be prompted for your username, followed by your password.
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# ...and you're in!
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== Changing Your Password ==
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# Log in to your SSH account.
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# Type into the terminal: <code>passwd</code>
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# You will be asked for your old password and then a new one.
  
 
== Admin Notes ==
 
== Admin Notes ==
  
 
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Latest revision as of 07:46, 6 October 2010

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