Requirements
- a student account
- valid Nexus credentials
- Virtual Private Network (VPN) must be running to connect from an off campus location
Procedure
Connecting from the MFCF computer labs
- the labs contain thin client terminals which can access the windows.student.math and the linux.student.math environments directly
Connecting from a personal Windows Computer
PuTTY
- download and install PuTTY
- launch PuTTY and enter the command ssh UWuserid@linux.student.math.uwaterloo.ca and hit enter
- enter your Nexus password when prompted and hit enter. You will be logged into the server.
Built-in OpenSSH client
- Windows 10/11 includes the OpenSSH client
- if the application you want to run needs graphics, then you also need an X11 Server (e.g. Xming) installed
- open a Powershell session, enter the command ssh UWuserid@linux.math.uwaterloo.ca, and press enter
- if the application needs graphics, then you need to include the "-X" option on the ssh command
- enter your WatIAM password when prompted and press enter. You will be logged into the server.
Connecting from a personal Mac Computer
- launch Terminal
- enter the command ssh UWuserid@linux.student.math.uwaterloo.ca and hit enter
- enter your Nexus password when prompted and hit enter. You will be logged into the server.