Using
SSH to Make Secure Terminal to Pegasus
First,
you'll need to download the SSH software, located here.
After
you've clicked this link, save the file to your desktop
and you should see an SSH installer icon. Double-click on
this icon, and you should see some automatic system initialization
taking place. After this has completed (wait for it, it
should only take a moment), you'll see this:
Here,
you'll simply click next or yes to each screen's options
that come up, and this should complete the installation,
and you'll see:
Just
click on finish and you'll have successfully installed the
program and services.
Using
the SSH Terminal Connection ::.
Now,
you've got everything installed, and to use the services
previously performed through telnet, you'll double-click
the icon labeled "Secure Shell Client," which
will bring up a screen that looks like this:
The
easiest way to make the connection at this point is to click
the quick connect button in the menu at the top, which will
bring up this screen:
Here,
for the host name, you'll type pegasus.cc.ucf.edu and for
the User Name you're going to type your NID. The port should
already be set to 22. Now, click on connect.
The
program will bring up a screen that's notifying you that
you're initiating a secure connection to the pegasus terminal,
should this be the first time you've used this program to
connect to Pegasus, and you'll see this (only if this is
the first time):
Here,
just click on yes, and it should bring up yet another screen,
which will ask for your password. You'll enter this, and
click on OK.
This
should bring up another window that's prompting you to save
this connection as a profile, which isn't a bad idea to
make sure the process moves a bit more smoothly the next
time you're connecting. Just save the profile as pegasus,
as shown here:
If
you add this to your profiles, you're never going to have
to do anything but open the SSH Client program, select the
profiles folder, and select your pegasus profile. If you
connect through the profile, you'll never have to do anything
but enter the password.
Either
way you choose to connect, however, you'll now find that
you're at a terminal window that resembles almost precisely
that of the telnet window. The commands at this point are
the same; the only difference is that you're now using a
secure connection, which is always a good thing.
This
document was produced by the User-Services Group Help Desk
at 407-823-5117 and is used for informational purposes only.
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Last Modified: 03/24/2004 by Gregory Gill
Prepared By: Matt Tucker