Remote access

SSH

You can connect to your Linux desktop via the SSH protocol. To do so your user account needs to be in the users group. Read the Permissions page for more details about permissions, or use Desktop Manager to add yourself to the SSH group.

The address to connect to will be of the form:

uos-NNNNN.clients.soton.ac.uk

If you don’t know what your computer’s “UOS” number is, you can find out by either opening Desktop Manager or by opening a terminal and typing:

hostname

For example if your computers UOS name were uos-57292 you would connect to the address uos-57292.clients.soton.ac.uk. You can then login with your normal university username and password.