[iHanhauser]

I need to connect to a UNIX server for one of my classes. I have used unix before on a PC.


What Program is the BEST for doing this


Thanks
iHanhauser

[Paul McCann]

/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app

Works fine: to connect to your school machine you should be using something like

ssh username@machinename.schoolname.edu

where username is your username on the school machine. Include a "-X" flag if you need X11 applications to work on your mac (and have installed and started an X11 server on your mac, and set your DISPLAY environment variable), and add a "-c" flag if you're using a modem to connect; that ensures that the connection is compressed, which works great if your network connection is very slow.

Something like

ssh -X -c username@machinename.schoolname.edu

for all the bells and whistles. But the basic form above should get you started.

Cheers,
Paul