WINDOWS
We recommend you Download Putty, an easy-to-use, well-featured free SSH client.
FYI: Campus VPN is required for off-campus Access to UChicago servers. Please visit https://cvpn.uchicago.edu for more info.
MAC OS X
OSX has an SSH client built in. Click Applications > Utilities > Terminal to get to the command line. Start an SSH session by running:
ssh <your username>@<your server>.uchicago.edu
Once logged into the server you can launch applications. Common programs people use this way are matlab, sas, splus, spss, and, stata.
LINUX
Linux distributions ship with an SSH client. Open the terminal. Start an SSH session by running:
ssh <your username>@<your server>.uchicago.edu
Once logged into the server you can launch applications. Common programs people use this way are matlab, sas, splus, spss, and, stata.