Instructions for accessing CSLab machines remotely

If you have the most recent versions of MACOS, you may not be able to install the
JES tool. There is a work around, which enables to you access our lab machines
remotely. Make sure you READ all the following instructions.

(1) Download and install XQuartz

https://www.xquartz.org/

(2) XQuartz will install in your Applications > Utilities folder

(3) Open XQuartz. From the Applications menu of XQuartz, choose: Terminal

(4) In the terminal window you need to type a combination of the following:

ssh -Y user@machine

where user is your email name

and machine is the name of one of the machines in the CSLab
(cslab-01 – cslab-24)

(5) Example usage:

ssh -Y webbn@cslab-25.union.edu

(6) Reply yes to the question about ‘ECDSA’ if asked

(7) Enter your password when prompted

(8) To launch JES, type:

jes.sh

(9) When you’ve finished, exit JES and then type exit into the terminal to quit