Getting Started With PuTTY
What is PuTTY?
Where can I download PuTTY?
How do I connect to the Linux lab using PuTTY?
What is PuTTY?
PuTTY is a client program for the SSH, Telnet and Rlogin network protocols.
These protocols are all used to run a remote session on a computer, over a network. PuTTY implements the client end of that session: the end at which the session is displayed, rather than the end at which it runs.In really simple terms: you run PuTTY
on a Windows machine, and tell it to connect to (for example) a Unix machine. PuTTY opens a window. Then, anything you type into that window is sent straight to the Unix machine, and everything the Unix machine sends back is displayed in the window. So you can work on the Unix machine as if you were sitting at its console, while actually sitting somewhere else.
Where can I download PuTTY?
PuTTY may be downloaded at the project's download page. The program is available as a standalone .exe file.
More information regarding PuTTY can also be found at the PuTTY FAQ.
How do I connect to the Linux lab using PuTTY?
You can start a remote session with any of the computers in Humanities 301, and also with wyvern.
- Launch PuTTY
- Fill out the the hostname (it can be any of the machines available for remote access).
- Click "Open". The first time you connect to a new host, PuTTY will alert you that the host key was not found. Press yes to continue.
- A prompt will open, as shown below. For "login as:", type the username you use to login at the Linux Lab. Do the same for the password.
You should now have a terminal session at the host you chose to log in to.