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Now that you have a shell account, its time to connect to it. I will briefly go over SSH and then how to connect to your shell account.

SSH: The Secure Shell. SSH is a network protocol that allows data to be exchanged between two computers securely. You will be connecting to your shell account with a client, and the computer you are conecting to will be runing the server. SSH comes stanadard on most modern operating systems, with the exception being Microsoft Windows.

Method 1: Using PuTTY
PuTTY is a free program for connecting to serveral protocols, most noteably SSH. It is by far the most widely used program used in windows to connect to SSH server.
Download it here: PuTTY download page.
After the download is complete, run the program. You should now have a window with lots of options available to you. Dont be intimidated, the default works for most everything. For now, the only thing you need to imput is the hostname of Ip address of your shell account. Depending on who you have an account with, they should have supplied you with this information. For example, if you used Unixclan, which I suggested earlier, the hostname would be unixclan.no-ip.org. Click connect, and the window should be replaced by another, and you should be prompted for a user name and password. After you have been authenticated, you are now logged in. Congratulations!

Methid 2: OpenSSH for Windows
Openssh for windows is a little less user friendly, but it can be run from the command line, and the syntax is the same as the native SSH executeable on unix systems.
Download OpenSSH for windows here: OpenSSH for windows.
Install the package. Not that this package also installs server binaries, but we arent interested in the, for now. Using the windows command prompt (windows key + R then type cmd.exe) navigate to the directory in which you insalled OpenSSH. In the bin folder, there is an executeable called ssh.exe. To connecto to your shell, simply type:
ssh.exe hostname/ip
Where the hostname and ip are the the server you are connecting to (ex. unixclan.no-ip.org). You should have been supplied this information when you set up your shell account. Login with your supplied username and passward. You are now connected!

Now that you are connected, its time to start doing things with your new shell account! Depending on if you are familiar with the unix command prompt or not, this could be difficult or easy. See my tutorial on unix commands and programs to contune.

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