Connecting to Mills Servers - SSH for Mac OS X

SSH (Secure SHell) is a secure form of Telnet.  Mac OS X comes with an application called Terminal which can make SSH connections.

Using Terminal to Connect to Kaos and Myfiles

1.  Open the Applications folder on your hard drive, then the Utilities folder.  Double-click on the Terminal icon. 

2.  Terminal will launch and give you a prompt.  To connect to a server, type:

ssh username@servername.mills.edu

where username is your Mills username and servername is the name of the server to which you wish to connect.

For example, if Jane Doe (jdoe@mills.edu) wants to connect to myfiles, she would type:

ssh jdoe@myfiles.mills.edu

To connect to kaos, she would type:

ssh jdoe@kaos.mills.edu

3.  The first time you connect, you may see a prompt stating the authenticity of the host can't be established and asking:  'Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?'  Answer 'yes'

4.  When prompted for your password, enter your Mills password.