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How to use SSH on Linux

General SSH

  1. Open a terminal session from the Application menu. Any terminal program is fine. Aside from the generic Terminal common terminal programs are XTerm, Konsole, and Gnome-Terminal.

  2. Once Terminal has opened type ssh username@junkfood.cs.umd.edu or replace junkfood with the machine you would like to connect to then hit enter.
    Example of SSH on Ubuntu

  3. It may prompt you to confirm the authenticity of the host. Usually you can just say yes. If you get a warning about a key change, you may want to try another computer or contact staff to confirm the correct key.

Installing X11 (optional)

X11 should already exist on Linux computers with a GUI. There are no additional components to install.