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Eecs Lab Computing Utilities: by Anvith Mahabalagiri

The document provides instructions for EECS students to access computing resources at Syracuse University. It explains that students need an EECS account, which is set up by the CIT helpdesk, to access department labs and storage on EECS servers. It also describes how to map the home directory for remote access using the Map ECS Homedir script. Additionally, it details how to use tools like Putty and Xming to remotely connect to Unix environments and run graphical interfaces.

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Eecs Lab Computing Utilities: by Anvith Mahabalagiri

The document provides instructions for EECS students to access computing resources at Syracuse University. It explains that students need an EECS account, which is set up by the CIT helpdesk, to access department labs and storage on EECS servers. It also describes how to map the home directory for remote access using the Map ECS Homedir script. Additionally, it details how to use tools like Putty and Xming to remotely connect to Unix environments and run graphical interfaces.

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EECS LAB COMPUTING UTILITIES

By Anvith Mahabalagiri

Public Labs In order to access the public labs, you need your NETID and PASSWORD Department labs Every EECS student must set up his/her EECS account

In order to access the EECS computing labs, you need an EECS account. The EECS account establishes you workspace and your storage space on the EECS servers The EECS account can be set up for all the EECS students by the CIT helpdesk -204 Link hall( https://web.ecs.syr.edu/cgi-bin/usercreate) upon request.

Mapping your Home directory through public labs In order to access your EECS account home directory, Click and run the Map ECS Homedir script.

Your mapped network drive appears on the Network locations and you can easily access the files on your account.

Accessing network resources remotely using SURA (SU remote access) tool

In order to access the network drives, remote connect to a computer or access network printers, ITS provides us with a tool called SURA.

In order to learn more about SURA and perform its installation go to: http://its.syr.edu/security/remoteaccess/sura.cfm

Remote connection to Unix Environment using Putty and Xming In order to access tools remotely, we need to log in through a SSH tool like putty.

To download putty, go to: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html Select the version that best suits your requirement. (Ex: For Windows x86 we use putty.exe). Once you have the putty.exe, just double click and run the application.

SSH parameters Host name : nyx.ecs.syr.edu Port number : 22

Click on open to start the terminal and login with you eecs account.

Parameters for remotely running a graphical user interface like qsh on local machine If you are connecting from a windows environment, you need an X server to support the GUI of the remote machine. Follow the exact steps to enable GUI

Step1: Xming is an open source X server. To download Xming go to: http://sourceforge.net/projects/xming/ Step2: Download and run Xming application. You should see an X ming icon on your system tray which indicates that the server has started Step3: Run putty.exe. Set the SSH parameters as shown above. Step4: Select The X11 settings option under as shown below Step5 : Check the Enable X11 forwarding option and under the X display location, enter localhost:0. Now once you connect through SSH, you will be able to get the GUI.

Note: Cygwin can also be configured and used to remotely run a graphical user interface.

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