[shadybirdstan]

I originally posted this in the Mac OS X forum, but maybe this one is more suited

Disclaimer: If the below doesn't make total sense it is only because I only *think* I know what I'm talking about, that's why I'm taking the course

I'm taking a course this summer that requires me to use SSH to connect to a UNIX box running Oracle. We have PCs in the lab (yuck) and are using an app called Putty to connect via SSH to the box.

My questions are as follows:

• Is it possible to connect to the UNIX box using SSH in OS X?
• If it is possible, what would be the best app to use to connect via SSH?
• If it is possible, can I connect via SSH using the terminal?

Any help would be appreciated.

[proton]

Originally posted by shadybirdstan:
I originally posted this in the Mac OS X forum, but maybe this one is more suited

Answers are already over on the Mac OS X forum.

- proton

[shadybirdstan]

The answers are in the other thread:

http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.p...hreadid=163097

Sorry for the double post.

[OreoCookie]

Originally posted by shadybirdstan:
[B]
My questions are as follows:

• Is it possible to connect to the UNIX box using SSH in OS X?
• If it is possible, what would be the best app to use to connect via SSH?
• If it is possible, can I connect via SSH using the terminal?

Any help would be appreciated.

Quick answers.

1. Yes.
2. Either Terminal.app (ssh user@oraclebox) or the XTerm in X11 (if you need XWindow --> ssh -X user@oraclebox).
3. Yes.

MacOS X is Unix. Get used to it

[theory]

The best way to ssh is to just run ssh that
comes with OS X

ssh username@hostname

Read man ssh for details on what options
you can have (you do things like compression
, changeing protocols, change the cypher,
tunnelling .....)

If you want a GUI to all of this there is a
program called termXL but it is sharware and
it is very easy to set the options at the
command line any way.