So you can work on the Unix machine as if you were sitting at its console, while actually sitting somewhere else. Then, anything you type into that window is sent straight to the Unix machine, and everything the Unix machine sends back is displayed in the window. In really simple terms: you run PuTTY on a Windows machine, and tell it to connect to (for example) a Unix machine. PuTTY implements the client end of that session: the end at which the session is displayed, rather than the end at which it runs. These protocols are all used to run a remote session on a computer, over a network. You can use it to remotely login to Informatics machines using ssh. Tera Term, and PuTTY on Windows XP operating system. PuTTY is a client-side terminal emulator software for the SSH network protocol. PuTTY is both an ssh client and a terminal emulator. This document explains how to configure serial terminal emulation programs such as HyperTerminal. If you are off-campus, you need to use UCI's VPN Service in order to access Linux servers located on-campus.įirst login to campus VPN, then login to your Linux Server. If you have a Mac you can use the terminal application. The alternative is to use Linux on your laptop, either in dual boot mode or in a virtual setup. Putty and Xming are easy to set up on your laptop. PuTTY is a free implementation of SSH and Telnet for Windows and Unix platforms, along with an xterm terminal emulator. You need Xming to display graphics such as an image from the remote Linux server. You can use be using Putty alone or with XMing

Use it when you log into a Linux server from a Windows computer.

Putty emulator