Your Linux distribution should have OpenSSH prepackaged and, quite likely,
already installed. This should make ssh
and scp
availabe on the
command line. You may also want to check rsync, which is a command line utility
to copy or synchronize entire directory trees, while transferring only the difference in file contents.
Filezilla is a GUI program for both SSH File Transfer or SFTP.
Install using your distribution's software manager or download from filezilla-project.org.
Lauch the program, choose File > Site Manager > New Site. Configure SFTP connection to
gauss
:
Click OK to save configuration or Connect to save and connect at once.
Some file managers in Linux — Dolphin, Konqueror, Nautilus … — can (persistently) mount remote directories using sshfs
.
Dartmouth currently supports the GlobalProtect VPN client by Palo Alto Networks. See installation instructions for Linux.
Math VPN uses OpenVPN technology.
/etc/ssl/certs/DigiCert_High_Assurance_EV_Root_CA.pem
If you have Math Dept. user account (also known as “gauss” account), you also have a corresponding email account.
Your Math email arrives at (and can be sent from) math.dartmouth.edu
server. It can be accessed
instantly and globally via Webmail — this does not require any configuration! As for email applications, all of them, including mobile,
can be configured to use your Math account using these generic settings:
Please use plain text to write email whenever possible (useplaintext.email), thank You!
Edit → Preferences →
Composition →
Addressing
Click Edit Directories, Add:
General tab:Back in the Preferences window select “Dartmouth Directory” for Directory Server.
Name: Dartmouth Directory
Hostname: oud.dartmouth.edu
Base DN: dc=dartmouth, dc=edu
Port number: 636
Use secure connection (SSL): yes
Autoreply message text for your Math mail is in .vacation.msg
in your home directory
on gauss
.
Autoreply is enabled by uncommenting the following two lines in .procmailrc
:
#:0c #|/usr/bin/vacation usernameTo stop autoreply, comment both lines out again, by inserting
#
as the first character on each line.
.vacation.msg
and .procmailrc
can be edited with any text editor while on gauss
terminal or with a variety of GUI tools from Linux desktop,
for example, Filezilla, Nautilus, Dolphin etc.
Use settings below with your username as NetID@dartmouth.edu and password:
NB: Sometimes wireless connection can't be established without using a CA certificate.
In such case choose the DigiCert Root CA certificate from /etc/ssl/certs
on your computer.