Physics Computing Services

Using SSH at UCSB Physics

Windows

Unix / Linux

Macintosh

Macintosh OS X

Windows

Client Software - Secure CRT

Download Secure CRT v.4.17 from VanDyke Software.
Contact PCS for license information. 

Setting up SecureCRT

• Open SecureCRT through Start - Applications - SecureCRT
• A box will come up. Click on the New Session icon, which is the third one.

Use the following settings:

• For name:  shell (or any host you will connect to)
• Protocol:  ssh2
• Hostname:  shell.physics.ucsb.edu  (or type in other host)
• Port: 22
• For firewall: Please make sure "use firewall to connect" box is unchecked
  
• Username:  <your username>  (Only put in your username if you are the sole user of the computer.)
• Authentication:   Password

Creating a desktop icon:

• Start Secure CRT
• Select File - Connect
• Right click on a name you created, such as "shell". 
• Select "Create Desktop Shortcut". Verify the shortcut name, then click ok.
  

Connecting to a host:

• Start Secure CRT
• Select the host you created and click connect.\
• If connecting for the first time, you will get a prompt that asks to remember the username & password.
  • Select "Save & Remember" ONLY if the computer is secure and no one else can use the computer.  
  • Select  "Use Once Only" if other people will use the same computer.

Secure File Transfer using SCP or SFTP

• Download WinSCP

Unix / Linux

Client Software - SSH

Commercial SSH from ssh.com
    Download SSH 3.2 from SSH's non-commercial ftp site (Educational use ONLY):   ftp://ftp.ssh.com/pub/ssh/
    List of SSH.com mirror sites -  http://www.ssh.com/products/ssh/download.html

Please note that there are other SSH programs such as OpenSSH and F-Secure .

Installation 

Installing the .tar version

SSH FAQ including installation instructions: http://www.employees.org/~satch/ssh/faq/ssh-faq.html

To install SSH client, download the tar files and place in a directory (either /tmp or /usr/local/src).  Read the README.
Then do the following: 

# gzip -dc ssh-2.2.0.tar.gz | tar -xvf -
# cd ssh-2.2.0
# ./configure
# make
# make install


Note: You may have to use specific options with configure to get SSH to work the way you want (with certain
ciphers, using TCP Wrappers, SOCKS support, etc.).

Macintosh OS X 10.x

SSH Client software - OpenSSH (part of OS)

Open SSH is included in all versions of the Mac OS X operating system.  Use the Software Update control panel to obtain the latest version for your system.

Macintosh (OS 7.x through 9.x) 

SSH Client software - MacSSH

Download the latest version of MacSSH (2.1fc3) from http://www.macssh.com/

Setting up MacSSH

• See MacSSH site for instructions