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--- labs:remote_access [2023/01/11 15:59] – [Remote Access] admin
+++ labs:remote_access [2024/01/16 03:16] (current) – [Using ssh on the Lab Machines] admin
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       * It can take longer than you'd expect to get a prompt back, but hang in there.
       * You may get an error message about a .Xauthority file that you can safely ignore.
-  - Try typing ''idle3 &'' and hitting enter to see if a Python IDE GUI pops up.  Note that this can be slow depending on your network connection, especially the first time.  If the IDE pops up, it worked!  You can quit (close) the GUI (but not the terminal).
+  - Try typing ''idle &'' and hitting enter to see if a Python IDE GUI pops up.  Note that this can be slow depending on your network connection, especially the first time.  If the IDE pops up, it worked!  You can quit (close) the GUI (but not the terminal).
   - Now, [[#using_ssh_on_the_lab_machines|ssh to a lab machine (See: Using ssh on the Lab Machines)]], so that everyone isn't on the same machine.  See [[#machine_names|Machine Names]] for more information about the available machines.
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   * Enter your CS department password when prompted
   * You are now on the Linux machine, and you can use it just like if you were on the machine in lab.
+===== From Linux =====
+You should have ssh and an X server already.  You don't need to install anything.
 ===== Using ssh on the Lab Machines =====
-After logging into a "gateway" machine, you should "hop" to one of the lab machines, using [[http://cswiki.wlu.edu/dokuwiki/doku.php/labs/remote_login#ssh_from_lab_machines|ssh]].  See [[#machine_names|Machine Names]] for more information about the available machines.
+From one lab machine, you can "hop" to one of the other lab machines, using [[http://cswiki.wlu.edu/dokuwiki/doku.php/labs/remote_login#ssh_from_lab_machines|ssh]].  See [[#machine_names|Machine Names]] for more information about the available machines.
 If you're already on a lab machine, you can ssh to another machine, by typing
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 The ''-XY'' allows your machine to display GUIs executing on another machine.
+If this is your first time logging in to a particular machine, you'll be prompted to confirm that you want to connect to the machine.  Type "yes" and hit enter.
+Enter your password.  For security reasons, you won't see any keystrokes being pressed.  Just enter your password and hit enter.
 After you're on a machine in the lab, if you're doing something computationally intensive, you should check if someone else is on the machine using the command ''who''.  If you see other people (besides you) using the machine, exit out of this machine and ssh to another machine instead.
-===== From Linux =====
-You should have ssh and an X server already.  You don't need to install anything.
 ===== Machine Names =====