Connect from a Personal Computer

1. If you're connecting from off-campus, connect to campus VPN.
2. Open SSH Tectia - Terminal.
3. Click Quick Connect.
4. Enter the following:
   Host Name: linux.andrew.cmu.edu
   User Name: your Andrew userID
5. Click Connect.
   Note: If prompted about connection keys, select an option and click OK.
6. Enter your Andrew password and press Enter.

Connect from a Computer Lab or Virtual Andrew

1. After logging in, open PuTTY (you may have to search for the application).
2. In the Hostname field, enter linux.andrew.cmu.edu.
3. Click Open.
4. Verify the host key and then click Accept.

1. If you're connecting from off-campus, connect to campus VPN.
2. Open Terminal.
3. Type ssh -X yourAndrewUserID@linux.andrew.cmu.edu and press Enter.
   For example: ssh -X acarnegie@linux.andrew.cmu.edu
4. If prompted with an authenticity of host message, type Yes and then press Enter.
5. Enter your Andrew password and press Enter.

Logging into the Linux Timeshare servers via SSH public/private keys (password-less login) is not supported. The ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file is in AFS requires tokens on the Timeshare pool instead of on the server's local drive. System services have no special access to AFS. As a result, the SSH login process cannot check that file to verify your authentication attempt.

If you wish to verify, the ED25519 key fingerprint for the linux.andrew.cmu.edu timeshare pool is SHA256:/w/5x6V4NkncCEFzArA5o6lOP/AmQG80FJC2EqPTTes.