CSU Stanislaus Shield CSU STANISLAUS DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE CSU STANISLAUS DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

Install and Use PuTTY




• Download Putty from http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html.

• Click on the putty.exe link and save the file.

• Start putty by double click on on the putty icon.

• The following dialogue box will appear:






• Enter one of the following computers in the Host Name box:

   ada.csustan.edu, kestrel.csustan.edu, chomsky.csustan.edu,
   godel.csustan.edu, hopper.csustan.edu, linus.csustan.edu,
   pascal.csustan.edu, turing.csustan.edu, wozniak.csustan.edu


• Choose the SSH option.

• Click the Save button to save the information.






• The next steps show you how to use Putty to connect to the CS lab computers.

• Run putty by double clicking on the PuTTY icon.

• The following dialogue box will appear:






• Click on the session name you created above.






• Click on the Load button.






• The following Security Alert will appear the first time you connect to a remote computer. You may verify the fingerprint at http://www.cs.csustan.edu/resources_files/fingerprints.html.

• Click the Yes button after you have verified the key...






• Enter your CS login and password (your password won't show).






• You are now logged into one of the computers in the CS lab.






• To copy and paste while using PuTTY:

  1. Highlight what you want to copy.
  2. Right click where you want to paste

• You can edit your programs using Pico or Jove and compile your programs using g++ or javac. Visit the Unix How To page for useful Unix commands.