SSH on MAC

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  1. roadlizard35, Aug 29, 2009

    roadlizard35 macrumors newbie

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    I'm new to using a MAC and taking a Linux/Unix class at community college and requires SSH for logging into the server. The instructor has the students using Putty. I found a good discussion in mac forum archive which stated I could use SSH username@your remote address in the terminal, however being new to MAC I have no idea where to find out what is my remote address.

    Can anyone assist please???
     
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  2. Queso, Aug 29, 2009

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    a) It's a Mac, not a MAC (a hardware address burnt into your network card's firmware)
    b) SSH client is included in OSX, but not in Windows. You don't need Putty or similar, Windows users do.

    The remote IP address you put after the @ is the address you want to connect to. Your own address doesn't matter as long as the SSH server you are contacting does not limit which addresses can connect.
     
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  3. netnothing, Aug 29, 2009

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    You want to open Terminal.app....it's in the Utilities folder under Applications.

    From here you are in a full UNIX environment locally on your Mac.

    You can SSH be entering at the prompt:

    -Kevin
     
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  4. roadlizard35, Aug 29, 2009

    roadlizard35 thread starter macrumors newbie

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    Thanks

    Thanks much for the information. Greatly appreciated. The terminal box appears to show that I am logged into the server, but unfortunately when I went to the IP address in my browser I'm still getting the initial page telling me to download putty to connect to the school's server. Not sure what I'm doing wrong.

    Thanks again!
     
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  5. Queso, Aug 29, 2009

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    Web browsers don't operate over SSH unless you specifically configure them to. Post the link to the school's web page and we can translate the instructions from Windows-talk to OSX.
     
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  6. roadlizard35, Aug 29, 2009

    roadlizard35 thread starter macrumors newbie

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    You guys ROCK!! Thanks for the quick responses. Now that I know what I'm supposed to be looking at I feel stupid, but thanks to you both I'm all squared away.

    Thanks again :)
     
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  7. BlueRevolution, Aug 29, 2009

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    For the record, Macs also include an ssh server, which can be enabled through  -> System Preferences -> Sharing -> Remote Login.
     
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  8. roadlizard35, Aug 29, 2009

    roadlizard35 thread starter macrumors newbie

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    Awesome. Thanks for the additional information
     
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