• ssh is a program for logging securely into a remote machine and for executing commands on a remote machine
  • More precisely ssh is an SSH client using the SSH protocol

• We assume below that you have a my_login account on the remote some_server computer, and you know your password
  • This page will also show some examples using the LSCE and IPSL (ciclad) servers

• Instead of a password, you can also use a set of private and public keys and a passphrase

• Many programs are said to work over ssh when they implicitly use the ssh protocol to securely transfer their data from one server to another: scp (copy remote directories and files), rsync (synchronize remote directories and files), …

• Before you were born, and the word and internet were a safer place, people used less secure programs like telnet, rlogin, rsh, ftp, …

• If you want to know more (options, etc…), check the man(ual) page on Linux: man ssh
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