PuTTY Install

To install PuTTY, all you need is the single program file, which can be copied anywhere, such as the desktop. If PuTTY is to be used on a computer on campus to access another university computer, it should be configured as follows.

Installation Steps:

  1. Download PuTTY PuTTY landing page 
  2. Open PuTTY, the configuration window opens and shows the Session category.
  3. Type the hostname (e.g. rc##xcs213.managed.mst.edu, replacing ## with any number 01-16) in the "Host Name" (or "IP address") box.
  4. Click the SSH radio button.
  5. On the left-hand pane, click Connection, then Data.
  6. Click Auto-login username and type UM-AD\ followed by your MST username.
  7. On the left-hand pane click Connection, then click SSH.
  8. Click the Preferred SSH version 2 radio button.
  9. On the left-hand pane click Connection, then SSH, then X11.
  10. Click Enable X11 forwarding.
  11. In the left-hand pane click Session.
  12. Type a name for this session and click Save.
  13. Double-clicking on a saved configuration will close the configuration window and open a connection to that computer. The first time a connection is made a trust host request will appear, click Yes. Finally, type your password as prompted in the shell terminal that appears.

 To connect from off-campus you must first create a Virtual Private Network connection.

PuTTY will only connect to a computer running sshd, which is part of the standard campus Unix installation. If a local X-server, such as X-Win32, is installed and running, Unix graphical programs can be run -- their window will appear on the local display.

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