MobaXterm on Windows 10

MobaXterm is a Windows application that serves as a terminal to a remote computer, allows you to edit remote files, and transfer files to & from the remote computer.

• Download & install:
  • Download MobaXterm at: https://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/download-home-edition.html
  • Save the zip file.
  • Double-click on the zip file (it’s probably in Downloads).
  • Extract the files.
  • View the folder containing the extracted files.
  • Double-click on the file of type “Windows Installer Package”, not the DAT file.
  • Agree to the license and install.
• Configure:
  • Run MobaXterm by double-clicking on the MobaXterm icon on your desktop, or Start ⇒ MobaXterm ⇒ MobaXterm.
  • Click “Session” to create a new session.
  • Click “SSH” to specify an SSH session.
  • After “Remote host”, enter columbus-oh.cs.colostate.edu (I picked that host randomly from the Linux lab computers.)
  • ✓ the box before “Specify username”
  • After “Specify username”, enter your login name, same as your eID.
  • Click “Advanced SSH settings”.
  • ✓ “Follow SSH path”.
  • Click “OK”.
  • When prompted, type your password.
    • Your CS Dept. password, not your eID password.
    • It won’t be echoed, but it still works.
    • If you don’t know what your CS Dept. password is, try your CSUID, the nine-digit number that starts with 8.
    • If you can’t remember your CS Dept. password, send email to the CS Dept. IT people at sna [snail] CS [period] ColoState [period] Edu -> mailto:sna [snail] CS [period] ColoState [period] Edu?subject=Password%20reset and ask them to reset your password.
• You should have a file browser on the left, corresponding your home directory on the CS Dept. computers, and a terminal session on the right. As you cd in the terminal window, the file browser will follow.
• Edit a file by two methods:
  • In the file browser, right-click, “Open with default text editor”. This will fetch the file to your computer, and edit it locally. When you save the file, it saves it to the remote computer.
  • running an editor in the terminal window. Graphics editors, e.g., gedit, will work, but can be slow.
• To download a file so you can turn it in:
  • Right-click on the file in the file browser.
  • Click “⭳ Download”.
• The next time you run MobaXterm, double-click on your saved session, on the left, to connect in the same way again.