How to Access the Comp Sci Lab Remotely from a Windows Computer

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How to Access the Comp Sci Lab Remotely from a Windows Computer
Downloading the Programs

Go to the IT website (http://www.wm.edu/it).
Click the “Software” link on the left hand side of the page.
Click “Application Software” under the Windows header.
Download the F Secure SSH Client, Ver 5.2 (2^nd on the list) and X Windows Client for Windows, Ver 6.1.2 (end of the list).

F-Secure provides a secure method for transferring files by creating a secure transmission tunnel for data.
X-Win32 allows you to quickly, easily and securely connect your Windows computer to any Solaris, HP/UX, AIX or Linux system. This program provides a secure X-Windows connection to or from a College of William & Mary system.
It is highly recommended that you use these two programs together!

Double-click on the fsssh520winb34-clt.exe file on your local system.
Click Next at the initial InstallShield Wizard screen.
Click Next at the Welcome screen.
Click Yes to accept the License Agreement.
Enter William & Mary's Keycode: GAL3-1PGC-TZNL-EQ7Q-3H6M then click Next.
Click Next to accept the default installation location.
Click Next to accept F-Secure SSH Client as the program folder in start menu.
Choose "Common program group," then click Next.
Ensure "Add F-Secure SSH Client installation directory into path" is checked; "Add F-Secure SSH Client icons to the desktop" is optional; click Next.
Click Finish.
Now you're ready to install X-Win32.

Installing X-Win32

Double-click on the x-win602sf.exe file on your local system.
Click OK at first screen to select English as the setup language.
Click Next at the initial Install Shield screen.
Click Yes to accept the License Agreement.
Enter 18310-52564-47296-7938 for the License Key, click Next. NOTE: This license key will only operate on systems with a William & Mary IP address, i.e., you can only connect TO or connect FROM a computer on the William & Mary network.
Click OK.
Click Next to accept the default installation location.
Click Next for a typical install.
Click Next to accept X-Win32 6.0 as the program folder in the start menu.
Ensure "View the README file" & "Run X-Win32" are unchecked, then click Finish.

Accessing the Labs

Once F-Secure and X-Win32 are installed, run X-Win32 from the Start menu. You can make sure that X-Win is running by the blue ‘X’ that appears in the taskbar
Run SSH Secure Shell Client from your desktop.
Press the space bar when prompted.
Enter the host name. The CS 002 computers are named for programming languages, such as java, fortran, cobol, etc. You must enter the entire host name: java.cs.wm.edu.
Enter your CS user name.
The port number is 22.
Select “password” as your authentication method. This is the same password you use in the lab.
Enter your password when prompted.
Click OK again
You are now connected and can type Unix commands in the terminal window.

You can open a file transfer window to transfer files from your computer to the host computer by clicking the “New File Transfer Window” button. Just click and drag files you want copied.
Access your H drive remotely by entering unix.wm.edu as the host name and your WM user name and password.
You must exit F-Secure SSH to save preference changes for them to take effect in other windows. Amusingly, if you make a preference change, then open a new connection, the new connection doesn't have the preferences changes yet.
When you make a connection to a machine you haven't connected to with F-Secure SSH, you will get a message that the "host fingerprint" is unknown. This is OK, as long as it only happens the first time you connect to a machine.

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