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PC SSH2 Client IU Northwest Instructions

How to Configure and Use SSH2 Client Secure Shell v2 (SSH2) is a client and server package you can install on your UNIX or Windows system to replace the unencrypted versions of telnet, rsh, rlogin, ftp client utilities and the Unix services that host these clients.

IT Security office How to use SSH2 Client

Download programs:

  • Contact Kathy Horvath at (219) 980-7753 or John Rudolph at (219) 980-6959 for more information about software programs.

PC Images

After you have downloaded and installed the program, two shortcuts will be on your desktop. Desktop images are shown below:

  • Desktop icon for SSH Secure FTP file Transfer image of desktop icon for SSH2 File Transfer
  • Desktop icon for SSH Secure Shell Client used to Telnet image of desktop icon for SSH2 Shell Clent for Telnet
  • Either click on the desktop icon to go directly to the service you want, or connect to one of them and switch to the other by clicking on the icon shown in the next window. If you are in one area, you can click icon the icons indicated below to switch to the other service.

screen of SSH icons


Setting up Secured FTP to transfer files or or Telnet to connect to Mecury or Webserve.

This works similarly in both Telnet or Ftp. Here is sample for the Window for Secured FTP Transfer image of desktop icon for SSH2 File Transfer
image of SSH window

  • Click on Profiles and Add Profile
    • For Personal Website - mypage account - person's username

       image of profile name for PHP account

  • For Professional Website - Webserve
    • Person's website name - here it is Web Services and Web Technical Infrastructure

      image of profile name for veritas account

  • The profile will be created and the window closed.
  • Again go to profiles and edit profile
  • Highlight the profile you want to setup 
  • For a Personal Website - mypage account on Mecury - see the example for the username or account for Kathy Horvath

    image of profile screen

  • For a professional web account on Webserve - see the example for the username or account for webnw even though the profile name is "IUN - Web Services and Web Technical Infrastructure", the account name is "webnw"

    image of profile screen

  • Double Click on either the Desktop icon for SSH Secure FTP file Transfer or the Desktop icon for SSH Secure Shell Client used to Telnet  
  • Click on Profiles
  • Select profile you are connecting to
  • type in your password when requested.
  • (see telnet sample below)

image of SSH telnet screen

  • You will be connected to your account in the terminal mode as a Telnet session.

On the Menu Bar, there are two icons icons for telnet-ftp (shown earlier) clicking on the one you are not currently in, will take you to the other service.

To ftp

  • To FTP select the icon on the right. icons for telnet-ftp When your mouse is over the right icon it will show New File Transfer Window.  You will get the following screen showing the account name and the directories in the account


SSH file transfer window

  • You need to highlight the information on the left to show folders in the www directory
  • Be sure you have double clicked on the www directory. This window is where your files are stored. Click on the upload arrow to upload from your local folder to the web, highlighting files you want to upload to the web.

    ssh-ftp-upload-image

  • Highlight the file or folders you want to upload and press the upload button.

select upload files image

  • Your files or folders will be uploaded to the server.

Be sure to test your site, by going to the website and viewing your pages. Don't forget to to press reload (holding the control key) to clear the cashe and showing the uploaded file.