Changes between Version 62 and Version 63 of Documentation/bAccountManagement/DSSHConf

Timestamp:

Jun 21, 2018, 10:28:08 PM (6 years ago)

Author:

jkol

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Documentation/bAccountManagement/DSSHConf

@@ -65 +65 @@
 ==== Configuring your SSH client ====
   Under normal circumstances, as long as the private key file is located in the /home/your_username/.ssh/ folder, the command line SSH client will use the correct key when connecting.
- To test your setup, open a command-line terminal and (replacing your_orbit_username with your own ORBIT username) type:
+ To test your setup, open a command-line terminal and (replacing ''your_orbit_username'' with your own ORBIT username) type:
 {{{
 ssh your_orbit_username@gw.orbit-lab.org
@@ -160 +160 @@
 ==== Configuring your SSH client ====
 
- 1. Open PuTTY
+ 1. Open PuTTY.
 
  || [[Image(putty01.png, 250px)]] ||
 
- 2. Navigate through the left side menu tree to "SSH" then "Auth"
+ 2. Navigate through the left side menu tree to "SSH" then "Auth".
 
  || [[Image(putty02.png, 250px)]] ||
 
- 3. Click the "Browse" button next to the "Private key file for authentication" field
+ 3. Click the "Browse" button next to the "Private key file for authentication" field.
 
  || [[Image(putty03.png, 250px)]] ||
 
- 4. Navigate through the left side menu tree back to "Session"
+ 4. Navigate to where you saved your '''private key file''' in the previous section and select it.
+
+ 5. Navigate through the left side menu tree back to "Session".
 
  || [[Image(putty04.png, 250px)]] ||
 
- 5. Enter a name for this connection in the "Saved Sessions" field and click the "Save" button
+ 6. Enter a name for this connection in the "Saved Sessions" field and click the "Save" button.
 
  || [[Image(putty05.png, 250px)]] ||
 
- 6. Now any time you open PuTTY, select the session name you gave in the previous step and click "Load", this will load the private key file automatically (as long as you do not move it to a different folder on your computer).
+ 7. Now whenever you open PuTTY, select the session name you gave in the previous step and click "Load", this will load the private key file automatically so you do not have to repeat the prior steps each time (as long as you do not move it to a different folder on your computer).
 
  || [[Image(putty06.png, 250px)]] ||
 
- 7. Type {{{your_orbit_username@gw.orbit-lab.org}}} (replacing your_orbit_username with your own ORBIT username) into the "Host Name (or IP address)" field and click the "Open" button. You should be prompted to enter your key file passphrase and be able to successfully connect.
+ 8. Type {{{your_orbit_username@gw.orbit-lab.org}}} (replacing ''your_orbit_username'' with your own ORBIT username) into the "Host Name (or IP address)" field and click the "Open" button. You should be prompted to enter your key file passphrase and be able to successfully connect.
 
  || [[Image(putty07.png, 250px)]] ||
@@ -198 +200 @@
 Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?
 }}}
+ OR
+  || [[Image(putty_alert.png, 250px)]] ||
  This is a normal message that occurs when your computer connects via SSH to another that it has never connected to before or if the "fingerprint" of the other machine changed (due to replacement or reconfiguration). Simply type {{{yes}}} and connection will proceed normally.
 [[BR]]