Putty is an open source terminal emulator that supports remote connections. You will most likely be using putty when using a remote computer from a windows system. You will most likely want to install PuTTY on your home computer.

PuTTY is available from the creator's web site. Click on the Download link to get the most recent version.

You can download putty.exe and install it on your computer.

To connect to a remote computer using PuTTY you need to

• Start PuTTY. You can either
  • Double click on the icon
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  • Search for putty in the windows search bar
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• Select the proper connection parameters
  • Put the computer name in the Host Name (or IP address) field.
    • cslab100.cs.edinboro.edu
    • cslab110.cs.edinboro.edu
  • Make sure that the Port field is set to 22
  • Make sure that the Connection Type is SSH
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• Click on Open at the bottom of the window
  • This will start a new connection to the remote computer selected
• Enter your credentials
  • Your username
  • Your password
    • Note, for security reasons nothing will appear as you type your password.
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• If you are successful you will see the command line prompt
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PuTTY works just fine with the default configuration, however, it can be customized.

PuTTY can be customized from the PuTTY Configuration window, which opens when PuTTY is started or from the PuTTY Reconfiguration window for an active session.

The PuTTY Configuration Window

The PuTTY Reconfiguration Window

To access the PuTTY Reconfiguration window

• In an active PuTTY session right click on the title bar
• Select Change Settings … in the pop up window.
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After making configuration changes

• Select Session under Category to return to the save area.
• Put a name into the Saved Sessions box in the PuTTY Configuration or PuTTY Reconfiguration window and select Save.
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• Copy and Paste: You can copy and paste between PuTTY and other windows applications.
  • To Copy from PuTTY:
    • highlight the text you wish to copy using the left mouse button
    • This will copy the text to the clipboard. Paste in a windows application using the windows past operation (paste or ctrl-v).
  • To Paste in PuTTY:
    • Copy the text you want into the copy buffer (windows copy operation, copy or ctrl-c)
    • Move to the PuTTY window
    • Paste by clicking the right mouse button.