MobaXterm

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MobaXterm
Version personal
Download MobaXterm Download
Cost free
Web Page MobaXterm
Pundit Updated 8/19/2014


"MobaXterm is an enhanced terminal for Windows with an X11 server, a tabbed SSH client and several other network tools for remote computing (VNC, RDP, telnet, rlogin). MobaXterm brings all the essential Unix commands to Windows desktop, in a single portable exe file which works out of the box."[1]

Installation

To install MobaZterm for Windows, simply go to the download link above. Because of the frequency with which you are likely to use MobaXterm, you will likely want to create a quick-launch icon for it as well as a desktop icon.

Use

MobaXterm contains both the terminal window and the x-server; no second program is required to have graphics sent over to your PC from a remote host. As a result, all you need to do is:

  • Start MobaXterm
  • Type:
ssh -XY NETID@machine.oit.duke.edu

where NETID is your NET ID and machine is the teer (or other machine) you want to connect to.

Connecting

Note that if you have connected to this machine before, the terminal window will open. If not, you will get a Security Alert message. Unless you believe there has been a security problem, you can click Yes to both add the host to your list of approved hosts and continue on the the terminal window.

Troubleshooting

None as yet.

Questions

Post your questions by editing the discussion page of this article. Edit the page, then scroll to the bottom and add a question by putting in the characters *{{Q}}, followed by your question and finally your signature (with four tildes, i.e. ~~~~). Using the {{Q}} will automatically put the page in the category of pages with questions - other editors hoping to help out can then go to that category page to see where the questions are. See the page for Template:Q for details and examples.

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