Remote Access

1. For PC Users
2. For Mac Users

For Mac Users

Apple's X11

To remotely login to the ACL from a mac all you will need is Apple's X11 xserver. If this is already installed (it should be in /Applications/Utilites/X11) You can skip the installing part of this tutorial. X11 comes installed by default on Mac OS 10.5 Tiger. If you don't have it already, X11 is part of the Xcode package on your OSX install CD. Go to the root of your install CD, open the XcodeTools.mpkg, and follow the installer instructions.

If you no longer have your install CD, don't worry! You can download the package from one of these places:

Here for Mac OS 10.4 Tiger

Connecting with X11

If you look in /Applications/Utilities/ you should find the X11 application. When you run this you will see an xterm like you probably use on the ACLs. To connect to the ACL, run this command in the xterm:

ssh -Y (your CS username)@acl#.cs.earlham.edu (where # is a number 1 - 15.)

now that you've ssh'ed in, try running: emacs &
You should get an emacs window just like you're used to working on.

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