To log into the school machines requires and ssh client, I recommend Putty. That can be found at
this link Putty Site . Just click
on the Download Putty! link on the side, and click on one of the "putty.exe"s for Windows. If you
want to use this a lot, I recommend saving it to the Desktop. When it is downloaded, just double click
on the Putty icon.
Make sure the Connection Type is on SSH. Now all you have to do is fill in the Host Name. This can be
done as follows, a CS computer named followed by ".cs.colostate.edu", so example "dr-dre.cs.colostate.edu",
do not put the quotes around this when you enter it into putty.
There is a list of all CS Systems here.
Once you've filled this in, just hit open. You will be prompted for your username, this is whichever name
you use to log in to the school machines. It will ask you about adding the key, click yes, and then fill in
your password. This is now identical to having a terminal on a school machine, so all of the commands
for checking your grades will work!
Logging into School Machines with Mac or Linux
So much easier on these two platforms. All you need to do is open up a terminal and type your username
followed by the @ symbol, followed by the name of a CS machine, so for example
> ssh -X johnson@dr-dre.cs.colostate.edu
You will then be asked if you want to add this key, select yes, and then enter your password. The -X allows
you to run GUI applications if you want. The grade scripts will work here as well.
