Connect to Magnolia

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Note
Please change your password once you've logged in by typing passwd.

The suggested method for connecting to the Magnolia cluster is to use ssh. This is the standard method for connecting to linux machines, for more details google 'how to ssh into a linux machine'

If you have not been assigned a username and password, please request an account. For the following examples, replace <username> with the username you were assigned.

Linux

Open a terminal, and type the following:

user $ssh <username>@magnolia.usm.edu

The authenticity of host 'magnolia.usm.edu' can't be established.
ECDSA key fingerprint is SHA256:glQIZZKlsAwf3QJNNDQSxFpRzE2rKs4GfxByO6ZBzis.

Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?

If the #fingerprint matches one listed on SSH_Fingerprints/magnolia.usm.edu, type YES followed by Enter.

The full login procedure, for a user named exampleuser, should look like the following:

user $ssh exampleuser@magnolia.usm.edu

The authenticity of host 'magnolia.usm.edu' can't be established.
ECDSA key fingerprint is SHA256:glQIZZKlsAwf3QJNNDQSxFpRzE2rKs4GfxByO6ZBzis.

Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Warning: Permanently added 'magnolia.usm.edu' (ECDSA) to the list of known hosts.
exampleuser@magnolia.usm.edu's password:


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Welcome to Magnolia, the high performance computational cluster
at the University of Southern Mississippi.

Please reference USM HPC in any research report, journal or
publication. The suggested content of a citation is:

     The authors acknowledge HPC at The University of Southern
     Mississippi supported by the National Science Foundation
     under the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) program via
     Grant # ACI 1626217.


Please direct all questions, and requests for programs to be
installed to:

Dr. Brian G. Olson (brian.olson@usm.edu)


                          ** Messages **

September 14, 2017 - To get a copy of the newest version of job
submission examples, which work with new and updated modules, run
the following command at anytime:
                          update-examples
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[exampleuser@magnolia01 ~]$

Windows

Install an SSH client, like PuTTY (http://www.putty.org), and type in your assigned credentials when prompted.

Check that the fingerprint matches one listed on SSH_Fingerprints/magnolia.usm.edu.

OS X

Open the Terminal application, and type the following:

user $ssh <username>@magnolia.usm.edu

Check that the fingerprint matches one listed on SSH_Fingerprints/magnolia.usm.edu.