Unix Servers Used in This Class
 Two Unix servers set up in CS department
will be used for some programming projects
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Machine name:
• eustis.eecs.ucf.edu
• eustis2.eecs.ucf.edu
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You can connect to them only in campus network
• If outside, set up VPN to campus network first
• Read the following webpage to learn how to setup VPN
• https://www.cst.ucf.edu/about/telecommunications/n
etwork-services/vpn/
Introduction
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 Need to use SSH to remote login
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SSH free software (many many others):
• Command shell client: PuTTY
http://www.putty.org/
• File transfer: WinSCP (for windows)
http://winscp.net/eng/index.php
 Student can log in using default password
Pyymmdd (birth year, month, day).
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The login user name is student NID
For any login problems, please email help@eecs.ucf.edu
Introduction
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 This remote login will create a “shell”
command-line window in your own computer
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You can only use keyboard to type in command
line in this shell window to let remote Unix
server to execute
 Unix also supports GUI-based remote login
(similar to Windows “remote desktop”), but
it is complicated to use
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Basic Usage of Unix
 You only need to remember a few basic
commands for using the Eustis machine for
this class
Editor: pico (or edit on your computer and
upload the code to eustis)
 Command:
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• cd, mkdir, rmdir, chdir,
• cp, rm, ls, man,
 There are many tutorials online
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http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Teaching/Unix/
http://freeengineer.org/learnUNIXin10minutes.html
Command line reference:
Introduction
http://www.pixelbeat.org/cmdline.html
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Basic Usage of Linux
 You can use PuTTY to open many
independent shells
 For the program project 1, you can run
client code on one eustis machine, and the
server code in another eustis machine.
Introduction
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