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
- download and install PuTTY (or a different ssh client of your choice)
- 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.
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.