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See this section in the Intro Unix wiki: 35061890 AboutUnix/Linux

The fundamental philosophy of Unix/Linux is to provide many small tools and utilities that can easily interact with each other using their built-in Input and Output streams.

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The password for these accounts is provided on the whiteboard and in the Chatchat.

Warning

These credentials are active for the next few weeks, but will be de-activated at the end of Novemberin mid-May 2025.

With your studentNN account you can ssh into one of the following servers:

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this server:

  • gsafcomp02.ccbb.utexas.edu – even number studentNN accounts


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titleUT VPN

For those in the FNT classroom, make sure you're on the UTexas network, not the Guest network where SSH is blocked.

For those associated with UT Austin and are not on the UT campus network, you'll need to have the UT VPN service active in order to connect to these servers via SSH. See How to Connect to the UT VPN

Folks not associated with UT Austin, or do not have the UT VPN service installed, can use an alternate web-based method, described below.

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ssh is an executable program that runs on your local computer and allows you to connect securely to a remote computer. We're going to use ssh to access one of the above compute servers server on the GSAF pod:

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# From the UT campus network, or if you have the UT VPN active:
ssh student02@gsafcomp02student01@gsafcomp02.ccbb.utexas.edu
  • Answer yes to the SSH security question prompt
    • this will only be asked the 1st time you login
  • Enter the class password at the password prompt, then press Enter.
    • for security reasons, the text that you enter will not be displayed

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titleLogging in with PuTTY

If you're using PuTTY as your Terminal from Windows:

  • Double-click the Putty icon
  • In the PuTTY Configuration window
    • make sure the Connection type is SSH
    • enter gsafcomp01gsafcomp02.ccbb.utexas.edu for Host Name (or gsafcomp02.ccbb.utexas.edu)
      • Optional: to save this configuration for further use:
        • Enter gsafcomp into the Saved Sessions text box, then click Save
        • Next time select gsafcomp from the Saved Sessions list and click Load.
    • click Open button
    • answer Yes to the SSH security question
  • In the PuTTY Terminal
    • enter your student account name after the "login as:" prompt, then Enter
    • enter the password associated with our student accounts
      • for security reasons, the text that you enter will not be displayed

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To access the Terminal built into RStudio Server.

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