SSH into UWE Externally

  • 18 November, 2009
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If you're not living on campus at UWE and you are based in BIT, it's often useful to be able to access your files on the UWE systems without having to go into the University.

Using a tool such as Putty or a terminal (in Linux), you can connect to the Universities Remote Access Server (RAS). Once connected, you can edit files, move images around, copy videos, change file permissions and pretty much anything else you could do when sat in front of a machine. With the following command, you will be able to log into RAS:

ssh <yourusername>@ras.cems.uwe.ac.uk

Once a connection has been made, you will be asked for your password. This is your CEMS/BIT password. Once you've logged in, you can now ssh into another server, for example:

Kenny: ssh <yourusername>@kenny.netlab.cems.uwe.ac.uk
Milly: ssh <yourusername>@milly.cems.uwe.ac.uk

There you go, you can now copy files off, move files around and use the UWE servers remotely!

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James Greenhalgh
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Just a time saving tip:
You don't need to use the full hostname once your connected to the RAS. SSH will use your username by default and DNS is configured so that 'milly' resolves:

$ ssh milly

I wrote a post for creating an SSH tunnel through RAS for file transfer between UNIX systems. The guide is for Macs but can be easily altered for Linux or BSD.

http://james.greenhalgh.eu/2010/access-csct-systems-remotely-from-the-mac/

 
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Luke Browning
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Hmm, you say that (and I agree it should work), but when I try to ssh to milly or kenny, I get a "timeout in locking authority" error. But if I ssh the way I wrote, it works.

 

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