Details on Using the SSH GUI

Double click on the SSH Secure Shell Client icon.
You will see a default login screen.
As noted at the bottom, Press Enter/Space to connect.

 
On the Connect to Remote Host screen, fill in the server to which you want to connect and
your login id as the User Name. Then click on Connect.

 
You will next see a Host Identification screen. Click Yes.



Enter your password. Click OK.

 
You are now logged on to the login node you selected.

 
Click on Edit and select Settings.
 
 
You will see the configuration of your current connection.

 
The Encryption Algorithm should be 3DES.
To get a scrollbar, the Terminal Answerback should be tty.
(This is not selectable. You need to type it.)
 
 
Next select Tunneling->Outgoing.
You will use this to set up tunneling for Terminal Services connections.
Click Add.
 
 
Default screen for establishing an Outgoing tunnel.
 
 
In completing the screen, Display Name is a label, Destination Host is the machine
to which you will connect, and both ports should be 3389. Click OK.
 
 
The Outgoing screen should look like this. Click OK.
 
 
Now suppose that you would like to create and save a different type of connection, either
to a different server or with different settings. Return to the original SSH screen.
Click on Profiles and select Add Profile.
 
 
Default Add Profile
 
 
Name the profile. Click Add the Current Connection to Profiles.
 
 
Click on Profiles and select Edit Profiles.

 
Highlight the profile you want to edit. In this case it will be the newly-created profile. Make any changes and then click OK.

 
To save any changes made since the previous SSH session, return to the SSH login screen and click on
File->Save Settings.

 
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