Public Login Servers
TIG maintains a public login server, login.csail.mit.edu, for the convenience of the community. The system is a dual Xeon 2.4GHz with 2G RAM and Gigabit ethernet. It is running 32-bit
Debian GNU/Linux and provides access to the
CSAIL AFS cell for accessing your directory space or managing your
personal web page or your group's web hosting.
login64.csail.mit.edu is similarly configured, but runs 64-bit Debian GNU/Linux.
Accessing these servers
You must have a CSAIL Kerberos principal.
- From GNU/Linux and other unix-based systems (eg, Mac OS, *BSD, ...), insert your username for YOU in
ssh YOU@login.csail.mit.edu
- From Windows systems, first install Kerberos, then use PuTTY with Kerberos.
SSH RSA/DSA fingerprints
RSA fingerprint for login.csail.mit.edu
2048 88:4f:1e:d3:7c:92:05:a8:7b:ee:8c:ec:1b:93:d0:44
DSA fingerprint for login.csail.mit.edu
1024 a7:1a:55:5c:1e:96:61:26:11:2e:76:04:f9:09:86:59
RSA fingerprint for login64.csail.mit.edu
2048 e7:ec:fe:93:46:f0:53:bb:55:3c:d1:6c:54:b1:27:82
DSA fingerprint for login64.csail.mit.edu
1024 3e:8c:bd:4e:a3:4e:46:08:1a:78:01:2f:c8:41:3b:63
Notes
For continuous connections to login[64].csail.mit.edu, Kerberos tickets and the AFS tokens that depend on them will expire every 10 hours. Run
renew to obtain new credentials. After they expire, your session will remain open, but you will have very little access to files (as "system:anyuser", the AFS equivalent of "nobody".)
The system is still young and may be missing packages you are used to using. Contact
TIG to request additional software.
