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Introduction

SSH/SFTP Secure Shell Client (version 3.3.2), is a secure network connection system that provides an alternative method to establish an encrypted connection to a remote machine. It also provides a secure file transfer program that transfers files from your local machine to a remote machine or server.

Please Note: The sftp protocol makes a terminal connection to the remote server to perform the file transfer. Therefore, any unexpected output from the users default shell or login scripts may cause sftp to exit with errors. If you experience trouble connecting with sftp, examine your .login and/or .cshrc files, or send an email to Advisor including the error messages you recieved and the contents of your .login and .cshrc files.

If you do not have SSH Secure Shell, you can download a copy from the Carnegie Mellon Web Portal.

Complete these steps to download SSH Secure Shell:

  1. From the My Accounts tab of the Carnegie Mellon Web Portal, select the Alphabetical link under Software and then select SSH Communications Security from the list.
  2. Follow the instructions provided to download and install SSH for your operating system.

Last Updated: 08/18/06