Computing Services supports the use of the SSH.com Secure Shell client on Windows. Its graphic interface follows most of the standard Windows Explorer conventions, such as drag-and-drop for copying files from one drive to another, right-clicking on an item to generate a menu of options, and left-clicking a selected item to edit the item’s label.
Follow these instructions to use SSH to connect remotely on a Windows Machine:
Launch the Secure Shell program. The SSH Secure Shell window is displayed.
Select File > Quick Connect or click on the Quick Connect button.
The Connect to Remote Host dialog box is displayed.
In the Host Name field, enter the name or address of the Server you want to connect to. Note: SSH and SFTP will work with any standard Andrew UNIX host, including the unix.andrew pool of machines. Special purpose machines (like staging.andrew.cmu.edu) may not have SSH and SFTP enabled.
Enter your User ID and click Connect.
You will be connected to the specified server. Note: If this is the first time you are connecting to a host name, a Profile Name dialog box appears. This dialog box allows you to store the connection information under an assigned name for easy selection during future sessions. The dialog box disappears after entering a name or continuing.
To end your session, select File > Disconnect or click on the Disconnect icon.
The Confirm Disconnect dialog box is displayed.
Note: If you do not want the Confirm Disconnect dialog box to appear each time you exit Secure Shell, click in the box next to Remember my answer.
Click OK.
Select File > Exit to close the Secure Shell window.
The SSH Secure Shell window is displayed.
