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If you are in ISKM 226 or ISKM 231please read the Virtual Machine Account Access page. In order to login you will need a couple of things.
* Remeber to read Website Security so you can secure your homework from others! Your user id and password will or have been given to you by your instructor. Your Linux accounts are held on this server, so the host you will use to connect to your accounts is this servers domain name or: itstudents.ccs.uconn.edu. This server only supports secure account access. You should be familiar with Telnet and FTP as this was information presented in ISKM 210; a prerequisite course. This server supports SSH and SFTP which function exactly like Telnet and FTP respectively. Please remember everything is case sensitive in a Linux environment, this includes your User id and password. You will have 7 logins before the password expires so please change it immediately once logging in to avoid locking yourself out (See Linux Basics for help). When you login you'll be placed in your home directory. This directory is where all your files will reside and it will be the only directory you have permission to unless someone in your group gives you permission to write in there home directory. Account Information: non - ISKM 226 & 231 students
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| SSH & SFTP | ||
| SSH (Secure Shell) is the secure telnet. What does that mean? In short telnet and FTP transfers all its data to and from the server in plain text, including the login information. It is possible for someone to retrieve your password and user name. SSH is exactly like telnet but it encrypts all data sent to and from the server so if someone was able to gather the information you where sending they would have to decrypt it. SFTP as you probably have guessed is the Secure File Transfer Protocol. It also encrypts all data sent to and from the server including the login information. An explanation of how to use these is not provided as they are the same as Telnet and FTP. The data is automatically encrypted when using either of these protocols. In fact on many FTP clients there is an option to use the SSH protocol which all you have to due is click a checkbox and that's it. The most popular SSH and SFTP clients are from Putty and SSH Secure Shell, and the best part is there are both free. Putty can be found here. And SSH Secure Shell can be downloaded from this server. |
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