Connecting to EWS Remotely |
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Establishing an Internet Connection |
To connect to the EWS machines you must first have an internet connection. If you do not subscribe to an area ISP (either modem, ether, cable modem, or DSL) you will need to dial-up to the University. As EWS does not provide modem services, you will need to connect to the general modem pool. Information on configuring your computer to connect to the University can be found at the CCSO Information Pages . For information on configuring your machine to connect via an ISP please talk to your provider's technical support. |
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Connecting to EWS |
There are several ways to connect to the EWS machines. Most commonly
you will need terminal access. Run the telnet program on your
local computer, specifying the
EWS machine
you'd like to connect to. You can purchase a secure version of
telnet called ssh that encrypts
your connection. Note: for security reasons, .rhosts files are
not allowed on the EWS machines.
To transfer files between computers you will have to use the FTP program. You must open a connection to an EWS machine and then login to that machine with your netid and EWS password. Anonymous FTP access is not enabled on the EWS machines. To upload a file from your machine to an EWS machine, you must put the file, and to download one, you get it. For details on using your FTP client please reference the documentation on your local machine. |
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Running Programs Remotely |
Most programs can be run from the command line just as if you
were on the machine locally. For programs that require X graphics,
you will need to either run an X-server on your machine, or
install an X emulator, like
Hummingbird's
Exceed.
Unless you are connected via ssh from a machine with an X-server, you need to configure your remote machine to correctly display the X graphics. Users of the (default) C shell can type the following commands: >setenv DISPLAY="localhost:0.0" All graphics will now appear on your local machine. Until the session is exited. Note: Running X programs over a dial-up connection is not recommended, as the transmission rates of a modem are insufficient for most applications. |