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# Start a command prompt. You can review how to do this in the [https://openhatch.org/wiki/Open_Source_Comes_to_Campus/UMD/Laptop_setup#Goal_.231:_practice_navigating_from_the_command_line command line navigation section]. |
# Start a command prompt. You can review how to do this in the [https://openhatch.org/wiki/Open_Source_Comes_to_Campus/UMD/Laptop_setup#Goal_.231:_practice_navigating_from_the_command_line command line navigation section]. |
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# To create a secure shell on a remote machine, you run the command <tt>ssh <username>@<hostname></tt>. You'll be prompted for the password for <tt>username</tt> on the remote host. After entering the password, a command prompt will be displayed, and voila -- you are logged in to a remote machine! |
# To create a secure shell on a remote machine, you run the command <tt>ssh <username>@<hostname></tt>. You'll be prompted for the password for <tt>username</tt> on the remote host. After entering the password, a command prompt will be displayed, and voila -- you are logged in to a remote machine! |
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# We have set up access to a Linux machine for you to play with. Here are the credentials for that machine: |
# We have set up access to a Linux machine for you to play with. Here are the credentials for that machine:<pre>Hostname: umd-workshop.openhatch.org</pre><pre>username: anyterp</pre><pre>password: terpterp</pre>Using that account information, and using the command template "<tt>ssh <username>@<hostname></tt>", try using ssh to log into <tt>umd-workshop.openhatch.org</tt> as username anyterp. |
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# This remote machine is running Linux, so it uses the same commands for navigating the filesystem as those you practiced earlier. Play around with those commands on <tt>umd-workshop.openhatch.org</tt>. |
# This remote machine is running Linux, so it uses the same commands for navigating the filesystem as those you practiced earlier. Play around with those commands on <tt>umd-workshop.openhatch.org</tt>. |
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