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Beginner's Guide to Using puTTY

The document provides instructions for downloading and using PuTTY, a terminal program for Windows that allows communication over SSH. It explains that PuTTY can be downloaded as a plain EXE file from a given URL without installation. After launching PuTTY, users are prompted to select SSH and enter the host, port, username and password to connect to Vulcan, an SSH server, accepting any security prompts. PuTTY then opens a terminal window to interact with the remote server once successfully logged in.

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Beginner's Guide to Using puTTY

The document provides instructions for downloading and using PuTTY, a terminal program for Windows that allows communication over SSH. It explains that PuTTY can be downloaded as a plain EXE file from a given URL without installation. After launching PuTTY, users are prompted to select SSH and enter the host, port, username and password to connect to Vulcan, an SSH server, accepting any security prompts. PuTTY then opens a terminal window to interact with the remote server once successfully logged in.

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puTTY Tutorial

puTTY is a terminal program for Windows that can communicate over a variety of protocols —
the most interesting being SSH. There are numerous other Windows SSH clients, but puTTY is
one of the easiest to get started with.

Downloading and Using puTTY

Download puTTY ([Link] It


comes as a plain .exe file, no need to install it.

Once downloaded, run the program.

You may see a dialog that resembles this one:

You can click ‘Run’ to continue. Once the program starts, you will be presented with a puTTY
Configuration dialog. This is where we will put the host we want to connect to
([Link]).
Make sure the “SSH” radio button is selected and that the port is set to 22 (these are the
defaults). Once those fields are correct, press the “Open” button at the bottom. The first time you
connect to Vulcan, you will be prompted to accept the server’s SSH host key. You’ll see a dialog
like this:

Click “Yes” to confim. You’ll be left with a black window and a username prompt.
Enter your username, as provided by your professor. For example, s13-it628-s24. After
entering your username, press enter. It will prompt you for a password. Enter it, then press enter.
You should be logged in.

If you are not, you most likely mistyped either your username or your password.

Last edited, April 24, 2014 by treivik, pc=1.2.0-dev

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