How to use SSH

When using SSH, you should follow the following instructions:
  1. This tutorial assumes that you have already installed SSH on your machine.
  2. Double click on the SSH icon to open the program. Once you have done that, the following screen should appear:

  1. Now you can either hit the "enter" key, or you can go to File->Connect to make a connection. This will bring up the following screen:

SSH Connection

  1. Now for the "Host Name" portion of the dialog box, you should enter the following:
    electron.cs.uwindsor.ca

    For the "User Name" portion of the dialog box, you should enter your user ID. (Example: blah6). When data is entered in correctly you should have a screen that looks like the following:

Host Name/User Name

  1. Now either push "enter" or click the connection button to make the connection to the Server server.
  2. Now a Host Identification dialog box appears, asking you if you would like to save the host key to a database. If you are using SSH from home, then you may save this key. If you are using a machine at school, then it is advisable to not save this key. If you do not receive this screen, then you are still ok, just move onto the next item on this list. The screen mentioned above will look like the following one presented here:

Save Host Key

  1. Next, you will be asked for your password. This is the password you have from creating your WEBMAIL account.
  2. Now you will be logged into your webspace account on Electron. Experiment with the various commands you are allowed to execute.
  3. Next, in order to transfer files from your Windows machine to the account on electron you must select the File Transfer window icon from the Tool Bar. The following picture demonstrates the correct icon:

File Transfer Window

  1. Click on this icon will bring up the following window (This is how your SSH Secure File Transfer window should look like; it should show your web account).

File Transfer Window

  1. With this window open, transferring files is easy. Just drag and drop the files you want transferred over. It's as if you were copying files from one location in a Windows machine to another location (it's really that easy!).
  2. Once you have finished transferring your files, just close the application down and you are finished. Go check your web page out from the 60-205 web site and make sure everything works.
  3. Note: It has been reported by some students that some letters may change case while uploading files from a Windows machine to a Unix machine. However, there was no documentation to support this claim, but it would be highly advisable for you to check and make sure that the files have been uploaded correctly.