About the server
The Server:
Name: gauss
IP address: 199.33.132.151
Domain Name: gauss.usouthal.edu OR mathstat1.usouthal.edu OR gauss.mathstat1.usouthal.edu
URL: http://gauss.usouthal.edu

Accessing the server:
The server can be accessed from anywhere using ssh secure protocol. The speed will depend on the applications you want to run and from where you are accessing the server. Telnet will not work.
  • Windows: You need ssh & X11 programs. Click here for instructions on setting up ssh and X11 programs and accessing the server. 
  • Mac: You need ssh & X11 for Mac OS X . Start X11 and open a terminal.
    • At a terminal prompt type
      $ssh user@gauss.usouthal.edu

    • For X11 forwarding (e.g. for using xfig), at a terminal prompt type
      $ssh -Y user@gauss.usouthal.edu
  • Linux:
    • At a terminal prompt type
      $ssh user@gauss.usouthal.edu

    • For X11 forwarding (e.g. for using xfig), at a terminal prompt type
      $ssh -Y user@gauss.usouthal.edu
Transferring Files:
Files can be transfered from anywhere using the scp or sftp secure protocols. ftp will not work.
  • Windows: The program WinSCP has a nice user interface (local download: V3.8.2). Putty also has programs pscp and pftp which work at the prompt. (local download: V0.58)  
  • Macs: RBrowser will work. Fetch also supports sftp.
  • Linux: Use scp (secure copy) or sftp (secure ftp) at the terminal prompt. Other programs with better GUI maybe available with your linux distribution.
Printing:
The printers are named hp325 and hp425 (according to the rooms they are in). You can use the print command in the applications you are using or from the prompt the command to print a file is:
[abhijit@gauss abhijit]$ lpr -P[printername] [filename]
For e.g. to print to the 3rd floor printer use
[abhijit@gauss public_html]$ lpr -Php325 test.html
and to print to the 4th floor printer use
[abhijit@gauss public_html]$ lpr -Php425 test.html


WebPages:
You can display your webpage by putting it in the public_html subdirectory. You may have to create a public_html subdirectory if you do not have one. E.g.
[abhijit@gauss abhijit]$ mkdir public_html
[abhijit@gauss abhijit]$ cd public_html/
[abhijit@gauss public_html]$ ls
test.html

The page test.html has the web address: http://gauss.usouthal.edu/~abhijit/test.html 

If the page does not display you may have to change the file permissions as follows: [abhijit@gauss abhijit]$ cd public_html
[abhijit@gauss abhijit]$ chmod 755 test.html

Windows users: please put a slash after the user name in the URL, for example: http://gauss.usouthal.edu/~abhijit/


Back-ups:
 We have started taking weekly back-ups of the server every Thursday. Even so, please back-up all the data you put on this server. We take no responsibility for the data & files on this server.