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mullette-gillman
Junior Member

USA
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Posted - Nov 21 2007 :  2:07:12 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
This is one receipe for connecting to your BIAC computer remotely from a Mac:

Install SSH Agent (http://www.phil.uu.nl/~xges/ssh/)
open SSH Agent, from File, select 'New Tunnel...'
Fill in settings:
Local Port: 3390
User: your username
Tunnel Host: nernst.biac.duke.edu
Tunnel Port: 80
Remote Host: yourcomputer.dhe.duke.edu
Remote Port: 3389

click 'Open', shortly after you should be queried for your password to your desktop. And then the program will just run without giving you any notice that you are connected (it notifies for failures).

Start up your remote desktop software (I use Windows Remote Desktop Connection:mac), for the IP address to connect to, enter "localhost:3390"

Hopefully this will help some other people... Thank Francis for helping me sort this out!

diaz
BIAC Alum

USA
212 Posts

Posted - Nov 26 2007 :  09:00:40 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
If you are a duke employee, student or faculty you can also download ssh software at no cost from the OIT website.

http://www.oit.duke.edu/comp-print/software/list.html]

Michele T. Diaz, Ph.D.
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Brain Imaging and Analysis Center
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arnaud
New Member

USA
14 Posts

Posted - Jan 09 2008 :  8:08:34 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
It is also possible to mount nernst in the finder outside of dhe.

1. install macfuse, sshfs and macfusion:
this requires a reboot
2. launch macfusion
a-favorites: edit then click +
b-name: NERNST server: nernst.biac.duke.edu username: your login then OK
c-save the password in the keychain
3. The mounted disk should now appear on the desktop
4. If you are running Leopard and would like the icon in the finder, go to finder preferences>sidebar and check external disks. If it NERNST doesn't show in the sidebar, you may have to drag it from the desktop and snap it into the sidebar.
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arnaud
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USA
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Posted - Jan 09 2008 :  8:37:12 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Forgot to mention in the step above, you must write "-o defer_permissions " in the advanced option field, otherwise it fails.
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francis.favorini
Forum Admin

USA
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Posted - Apr 09 2009 :  12:50:23 PM  Show Profile  Visit francis.favorini's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Here's a link to the free Apple Remote Desktop Connection Client 2.0.

IT Director, Brain Imaging and Analysis Center
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petty
BIAC Staff

USA
453 Posts

Posted - Sep 05 2009 :  2:28:36 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
FYI: Outside of biac, to use the Apple Remote Desktop Client

after its installed, open ssh:
ssh -N -L3390:yourcomputer.dhe.duke.edu:3389 username@nernst.biac.duke.edu -p 80

open RDC:
connect to "localhost:3390"

this will login to your remote machine.

Edited by - petty on Sep 10 2009 7:20:24 PM
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morey
BIAC Faculty

USA
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Posted - Feb 22 2010 :  10:45:32 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
chris
ssh came installed on my mac. i got connected with RDC but one problem is I cannot figure out how to make the RDC window into full screen. it is stuck at a small size on my 27" imac screen. any ideas ?
raj

Rajendra Morey MD
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petty
BIAC Staff

USA
453 Posts

Posted - Feb 23 2010 :  07:40:57 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
There's no real "full-screen" option on a mac, but you can use the + button on the top left-hand corner and that will maximize the screen size to you iMac screen ... it won't take up the full screen.

i am able to drag the window bigger also.

and thirdly, if you open your default RDP configuration file there is a section for screen size:

<key>DesktopSize</key>
	<dict>
		<key>DesktopHeight</key>
		<integer>768</integer>
		<key>DesktopWidth</key>
		<integer>1024</integer>
	</dict>
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mullette-gillman
Junior Member

USA
40 Posts

Posted - Feb 23 2010 :  6:49:01 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I am able to remote desktop with a full screen by selecting 'full screen' option under preferences/display/Remote Desktop size.
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Jeff_Browndyke
Junior Member

35 Posts

Posted - Apr 16 2010 :  2:00:31 PM  Show Profile  Visit Jeff_Browndyke's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Does any of the above apply to Snow Leopard? The OIT SSH-FTP client isn't supported in Snow Leopard, so I'm looking for a different way to download my MR data remotely.

Jeff

------------------

Nevermind. I found a good freeware SSH-FTP client for Snow Leopard called "Cyberduck". Shoot me a message if you want more info. Jeff

Edited by - Jeff_Browndyke on Apr 16 2010 2:28:04 PM
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petty
BIAC Staff

USA
453 Posts

Posted - Apr 16 2010 :  3:28:51 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
everything i posted above works in snow leopard.

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Jeff_Browndyke
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Posted - Apr 20 2010 :  2:35:41 PM  Show Profile  Visit Jeff_Browndyke's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Chris,

Is the "your BIAC computer" referencing a physical machine over at Hock or is the RDC scheme below being used to simply access an individual account on nernst (e.g., Browndyke/My Documents)? For instance, could I use the process above to access my account section on the computers in the BIAC3 suite?


Sorry, I'm new to this stuff.

Jeff
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