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#SSH MOBAXTERM INSTALL#
Under Linux an X11 server will normally already be installed, but users of macOS will typically need to install an external package such as such XQuartz. Note that to use graphical applications you also need to have an X11 server installed on your workstation. The option -Y shown above forwards X11 traffic which allows you to use graphical applications on the remote machine such as certain text editors. When using Linux or macOS, you will need to open a terminal, for example /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app for Apple hardware, and then use the command shown ~]$ ssh -Y first time that you connect to a remote machine you'll be asked to store a copy locally of its "host key", a unique identifier that allows the ssh client to verify, when connecting next time, that this is the same machine. The username is not your CCI, like abc-123, nor a CCRI like abc-123-01, nor your email address.
#SSH MOBAXTERM PASSWORD#
Your username is your Compute Canada default account, typically something like jsmith, and the password is the same one you use to log in to the Compute Canada database,. The machine name will be something like or. To use any of these implementations of SSH successfully, you need to know (1) the name of the machine to which you want to connect, (2) your username and (3) your password. There are also some 3rd-party SSH clients that are popular, such as PuTTY, MobaXTerm, WinSCP, and Bitvise.
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Various implementations of the SSH standard exist for most major operating systems. SSH is the normal way for Compute Canada users to connect in order to execute commands, submit jobs, follow the progress of these jobs and in some cases, transfer files. The entire SSH connection is encrypted - especially the login credentials (username and password). Secure Shell (SSH) is a widely-used standard to connect to remote machines in a secure way.