CS246 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cygwin, Xming, Text Editor
6 Feb 2017
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1 summary: terminal setup, text editors, copying les to student environment. 2. 1 terminal - osx, cygwin, linux: open the terminal, enter the command: ssh -y your-username@linux. student. cs. uwaterloo. ca. Note that the -y option allows for x11 forwarding (e. g. graphical applications). Username refers to your quest username: enter your quest password. Do not be alarmed if you do not see any text when doing so. Hit enter/return when you have completed entering your password. If this doesn"t work then you need to reset your password. Visit http://www. student. cs. uwaterloo. ca/password to do so: note that your default shell may not be bash. To make your default shell bash, visit the password reset site. 2. 2 putty - windows (generally: open putty, in the host name eld enter linux. student. cs. uwaterloo. ca, in the sidebar under ssh, click x11, click the box that says enable x11 forwarding, press open, enter your quest username and password.
