PuTTY is a lightweight SSH client for Windows.
Use it if you need access to a text console on gauss
(or any other machine where you can login via SSH).
Download from www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty,
or search the Web for PuTTY, in case the URL has changed.
WinSCP is a GUI program for secure connections. Its important feature is a built-in text editor,
capable of editing files on a remote Linux/UNIX system (without wreacking havoc with line endings). Files you
may want to edit are .procmailrc
(mail filtering/forwarding), .vacation.msg
(vacation autoreply message),
web site files in public_html
etc. Download WinSCP from winscp.net.
Choose Explorer interface option while installing. Upon connection, navigate to folder/file of interest,
right-click on it, choose Edit, make necessary changes, Save (floppy disk icon).
Cygwin is a UNIX-like environment for Windows. It provides an impressive range of traditional open source GNU software: from cat, cp, tar and rsync to compilers, PERL, TeX/LaTeX and X Window graphical system. Cygwin comes with a GUI setup.exe utility, which lets you select what packages should be installed (or added later). SSH is provided in 'openssh' package. Cygwin home.
Filezilla is a GUI program for secure file transfers.
Download from filezilla-project.org, install
and 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.
Dartmouth currently supports the GlobalProtect VPN client by Palo Alto Networks. See installation instructions for Windows.
Math VPN uses OpenVPN technology.
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:
Below are step-by-step instructions on how to add your mathusername@math.dartmouth.edu account to Thunderbird and Outlook. Please use plain text to write email whenever possible (useplaintext.email), thank You!
Your name: Your real name
Email address: mathusername@math.dartmouth.edu
Password: password for the above
Continue — Thunderbird will probe servers and should detect correct connection settings:
Incoming: math.dartmouth.edu IMAP 143 STARTTLS Outgoing: math.dartmouth.edu SMTP 587 STARTTLSIf settings were detected correctly — click Create Account.
Otherwise click Manual Setup and enter correct settings under Server Settings and Outgoing Server (SMTP).
gauss
using Math username and password..vacation.msg
(viewing hidden files must be enabled, Ctrl+Alt+h).procmailrc
#:0c
#|/usr/bin/vacation username
#
characters from both lines, save, close editor window..procmailrc
and comment out the two lines by putting back #
characters at the beginning of each line.startxwin
command. Wait for the (green) “X Applications” icon to appear
on your Windows taskbar. The icon gives access to Cygwin/X apps and settings. If the application you are seeking is not listed,
you still might be able to run it by first starting XTerm and the running your app from there by typing its name.
To run an X application on a remote Linux machine, e.g. gauss, while in XTerm type:
ssh -X username@gauss program_name
If you really want to view PostScript files on Windows, then you will have to install Ghostscript and Ghostview. The main site is here.