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Ubuntu: How to Connect to your Purdue Career Account

This is a guide on how to connect to the Purdue Server with a Linux distro (that's not Mac related), specifiacally Ubuntu (I use 10.10, because it rocks). Also, this only applies to people ON CAMPUS (including PAL). Anything in italics is ment to be typed. As a recently ex-Windows user I hope this How-To is helpful in maximizing Ubuntu's potential.

If you already know the folder location of your directory on the server, skip to step 3.

Step 1: In terminal, type:

     ssh username@domainname

for example, this connected me to my account, which I had used to store files as a Windows user.

     ssh fishy@expert.ics.purdue.edu

Step 2: next type:   

     pwd
this stands for 'print working directory', which tells you which folder your files are stored at. It should look something like:

     /home/lookout/f2/fishy

Now that you know the file path, it's time to link your computer to it.

Step 3: In the 'Places' Menu select 'Connect to Server'

Step 4: Go to the 'Service Type' selector and change it to 'SSH'

Step 5: In the 'Server' field type the domain name. Again, an example:

     expert.ics.purdue.edu

Step 6: In the 'Folder' field type the folder path you got from step 2. Example follows:

     /home/lookout/f2/fishy

Step 7: In the 'User Name' field type in your user name.

OPTIONAL!!!
If you want your computer to remember the location (I would assume so, since you don't want to do this every time you want to log in) then check the 'Add Bookmark' box, and type a name in the 'Bookmark Name' field that you want the connection to be remembered as. I called mine 'Expert' (descriptive, and makes me feel cool!)
Step 8: Press the 'Connect' button! That's it.