Login via WindowsUsing PuTTYDownload and install PuTTY 1) Start PuTTY. In host name field, enter the address: SIT server: ucpu0.ug.it.usyd.edu.au (or ucpu1.ug.it.usyd.edu.au) Click Open 2) For first time connecting, the server security key has not been seen before by PuTTY. You should allow the key to be added to the cache. Click Yes 3) You will be asked a username and password. These will be the same SIT login account that you use for the lab computers. Enter your username Enter your password PuTTY proxy setupYou can set the server in PuTTY options: use HTTP enter proxy server address enter port number Using CygwinCygwin is a local unix like environment that you can have on your windows machine. It is good for having access to a variety of linux command line tools and also serves all the functionality of PuTTY. Download and install Cygwin You may need proxy settings before downloading all the packages. Obtaining proxy server informationIf you are in a large enterprise network such as university or a large office, chances are you will be using a proxy server to manage all the HTTP activity. This can be discovered on Windows in: Control Panel -> Internet Settings -> Connections tab -> LAN settings You will find either an Use automatic configuration script is enabled with a URL of a .pac file OR In the Proxy server section Use a proxy server for your LAN The address of the proxy server for the University of Sydney happens to be Address: web-cache.usyd.edu.au Port: 8080 A reminder that this is showing you HOW to discover the proxy settings. You should NOT SET proxy settings for your home PC, or computers outside office or university networks. Commands
Special NotationSome symbols when used with the above commands are interpreted by the terminal as follows:
When working with Windows cmd.exe know that using cd will require a different directory separator Windows directory separator is: \ Unix directory separator is: / A good minimalist reference for many commands in different systems can be found at ss64. |
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