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PUBLICATIONS SSH Information and Simple Usage Guide SSH, secure shell, is a replacement for older protocols with security problems such as telnet. There is a SCP, secure copy, that replaces FTP. The main problem with these older protocols has to do with the unencrypted transport of passwords on the internet.
If you want to transfer files and/or work with your files remotely you need to establish a connection to the NSCEE server using these programs. Unix users can find more information on SSH/SCP by checking the man page for the appropriate command. More information can also be found at OpenSSH.org. Mac and PC users (and other OS users) can find links from OpenSSH.org to client programs that will run on these operating systems (PuTTY, etc.).
Once the ssh/scp client is prepared connecting is straightforward. From the Unix command line type: ssh username@remotehost, and press enter. For example, ssh myaccount @clark.nscee.edu, you will be prompted for your password.
Simple Usage Guidelines for SCPSecure copy is a bit more involved because you can copy from or to an account. So below is a (slightly enlarged, for easy reading) copy of the usage examples from the man page.Please pay close attention to the placement of commands and arguments in these sequences, also, the position of spaces and, especially, colons.
copy files from your local system to a remote system: $ scp localfile user@remotehost:/dest/dir/for/file/
or you can use it to copy files from a remote system locally: $ scp user@remotehost:/dir/for/file/remotefile /dest/dir/for/file
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