Grove

How Do You Start a Shell Session on Grove?

Grove

How Do You Start a Shell Session on Grove?

The new grove is a collection of machines, some of which are intended for shell logins and some of which are not. The name "ssh.grove.ufl.edu" will always point to a machine that accepts SSH logins, which is the way to get an interactive shell on grove.
Using an ssh client (such as PuTTY), connect to ssh.grove.ufl.edu.

If this is the first time you've connected to the new grove, SSH will complain either that:

  • it has a key for ssh.grove.ufl.edu and that key doesn't match the one that's being presented now or
  • it has no key for ssh.grove.ufl.edu and can't determine the authenticity of that host.

Either way, your SSH client will present a "fingerprint" of the key it was presented. This fingerprint may be in one of two forms but should exactly match the one we publish on the Grove SSH Key secure webpage. If not, the machine you're talking to is not ssh.grove.ufl.edu.