Connecting to Pauper cluster from Mac OSX
The Pauper cluster uses the BIO AD Domain for authentication. Use your BIO AD userid and password.
The Pauper cluster currently consists of 6 computational nodes, pauper.bio.fsu.edu, pauper2.bio.fsu.edu - pauper6.bio.fsu.edu. Change hostname in the instructions below as appropriate for the node to which you are connecting.
Connecting via ssh:
- Open terminal application
- Type in: ssh username@pauper<node#>.bio.fsu.edu and press 'Enter'
- Fill in your correct password and you're all set!
Use x11 window instances while connecting via ssh:
For x-windows apps you will need x-windows support which can be gained from the application linked below.
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Download and run the Xquartz .dmg installer from the link above
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Go into your applications folder and run XQuartz (Applications -> Utilities -> XQuartz.app)
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Right click on the XQuartz icon in the dock and select 'Applications -> Terminal'. This should bring up a new xterm terminal windows
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In this xterm windows, ssh into the linux system of your choice using the -X argument (secure X11 forwarding). For example, to log into pauper.bio.fsu.edu you would run something like:
ssh -X username@pauper.bio.fsu.edu
A very small number of applications may require the use of -Y instead of -X but we recommend only using -Y if -X fails for the application you are using.
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Once you are logged into the linux system, you can just run the GUI program of your choice (ie. firefox, matlab, mathematics, etc) and it will display on your Mac.