Login and file transfering:
For security reasons, only secure login and secure file transfering is configured on prairiefire, i.e., you can't use telnet or ftp to connect to prairiefire, you must use ssh or scp (sftp) instead. If you're using a unix client, ssh and scp are usually already configured. When you connect for the first time, you will be asked if you want to save the generated RSA key (answer 'yes'). If ssh is not configured on your machine, you have to either get a commercial ssh client, or install OpenSSH from www.openssh.com . For Linux machines, there are ssh rpms in distribution. If you're a Microsoft Windows user, you must install a ssh client first. There're many commercial ones, like SecureCRT, SecureTE, etc. There are also free ones, like PuTTY , openssh. In putty, to copy a file from prairiefire, use 'pscp user@prairiefire:dir/file localfilename' or vice versa. File transfer is easier using a WinSCP client.
For security reasons, only secure login and secure file transfering is configured on prairiefire, i.e., you can't use telnet or ftp to connect to prairiefire, you must use ssh or scp (sftp) instead. If you're using a unix client, ssh and scp are usually already configured. When you connect for the first time, you will be asked if you want to save the generated RSA key (answer 'yes'). If ssh is not configured on your machine, you have to either get a commercial ssh client, or install OpenSSH from www.openssh.com . For Linux machines, there are ssh rpms in distribution. If you're a Microsoft Windows user, you must install a ssh client first. There're many commercial ones, like SecureCRT, SecureTE, etc. There are also free ones, like PuTTY , openssh. In putty, to copy a file from prairiefire, use 'pscp user@prairiefire:dir/file localfilename' or vice versa. File transfer is easier using a WinSCP client.
