Connecting to cse.unl.edu and other Unix servers with SSH from a Macintosh

Launch a terminal window. Type ⌘-K to launch spotlight. Type "Terminal" and you should see the "Terminal" application. click to launch.
Type inssh cse-login-id@hostname where hostname would be cse.unl.edu or another server running an SSH server and cse-login-id is your login id (credentials) for the School of Computing (SoC) systems.

An example of this using the Terminal application: The user's SoC login id is 'jsmith'

Last login: Mon Jul  1 14:41:39 on ttys003
macbook-prompt> ssh jsmith@cse.unl.edu
Password:

Last login: Tue Jul  2 10:25:18 2019 from 101.431.103.46
******************************************************************************
                               Welcome to CSE
******************************************************************************
The operating system on this computer was upgraded on March 18, 2018.

Please contact "manager@cse.unl.edu" to report problems, request software
or ask questions about this system.
******************************************************************************
cse.unl.edu-prompt$

On your first connection to a server, you may see a message from SSH indicating that the host authenticity is unknown.

macbook-prompt> ssh jsmith@cse.unl.edu
The authenticity of host 'cse.unl.edu (10.211.11.120)' can't be established.
RSA key fingerprint is 3f:1b:f4:bd:c5:aa:c1:1f:bf:4e:2e:cf:53:fa:d8:59.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Password:
Last login: Tue Jul  3 11:05:12 2019 from 101.231.303.416
******************************************************************************
                               Welcome to CSE
******************************************************************************

The operating system on this computer was upgraded on March 18, 2018.

Please contact "manager@cse.unl.edu" to report problems, request software
or ask questions about this system.

******************************************************************************
cse.unl.edu-prompt$

This only occurs on the first connection to a host and you should respond to the question with a 'yes' (as shown above) so the host becomes authenticated.

If you are presented with a Verification code: prompt after entering your password, examine the cse-login-id you supplied to the ssh cse-login-id@hostname command line. If the cse-login-id supplied ends in a digit, e.g. fred4, the login id is not a valid School of Computing CSE login.

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Working Remotely

Macintosh