I'm trying to use Terminal for my CS homework.

[Regality]

I use putty.exe in my Computer Science class and wanna connect to my school's server to be able to do homework at home and not have to stay and program at school...

I messaged a guy that a lab assistant there told me to talk to and he said type:

~/.ssh/(your school id) then a space then type csis.svsu.edu (svsu would be the school name as part of the address to start it up.

It's wrong though. It isn't working. It brings up a syntax error saying token 'my school id' is not expected.

What am I doing wrong?

 

[Cromulent]

The command is simply:

ssh csis.svsu.edu

 

[Regality]

Ok cool thanks. But I still have a problem. It will say use my username and password to log in. But it just prompts for a password and not the username?

"This computer system is for authorized users only. All activity is logged
and regulary checked by systems personal. Individuals using this system
without authority or in excess of their authority are subject to having
all their services revoked. Any illegal services run by user or attempts
to take down this server or its services will be reported to local law
enforcement, and said user will be punished to the full extent of the law.
Anyone using this system consents to these terms.

Please use your SVSU Network ID and Password to login.


Password:"

 

[Cromulent]

Ok cool thanks. But I still have a problem. It will say use my username and password to log in. But it just prompts for a password and not the username?

"This computer system is for authorized users only. All activity is logged
and regulary checked by systems personal. Individuals using this system
without authority or in excess of their authority are subject to having
all their services revoked. Any illegal services run by user or attempts
to take down this server or its services will be reported to local law
enforcement, and said user will be punished to the full extent of the law.
Anyone using this system consents to these terms.

Please use your SVSU Network ID and Password to login.


Password:"

Well? Try it and see what happens. I can't help with that as I don't have a user ID or password. If there is a problem then it is at their end, you are correctly connected to their servers though.

 

[Regality]

Well when I'm on campus I type the username in first and then the password...here it's just skipping the username prompt. But I typed it in anyway and it brings and error.

 

[mckyvlle]

Well when I'm on campus I type the username in first and then the password...here it's just skipping the username prompt. But I typed it in anyway and it brings and error.

Use the "-l <username>" (lowercase L) option, as in:
ssh -l user123 csis.svsu.edu

Replace user123 with your own user name.

If you don't specify a username, ssh takes the current username (your short-name in Mac OS X) and sends that to the server.

 

[iMav]

Use the "-l <username>" (lowercase L) option, as in:
ssh -l user123 csis.svsu.edu

Replace user123 with your own user name.

If you don't specify a username, ssh takes the current username (your short-name in Mac OS X) and sends that to the server.

Or, if you want to save a couple of characters, this will work as well:

ssh username@csis.svus.edu

 

[Regality]

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