NDSU CS Department Wiki - cs101

authentication

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-03-23T03:59:45+00:00

Authentication For NDSU CS department Linux machines and NDSU ITS Windows labs, your username is your NDSU account ID (first.last) Your password is also the same password used for your NDSU account and can be created or reset here If copying and pasting your information into a login box, beware of copying

cli

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2018-11-09T19:57:06+00:00

Command Line Interface A command line interface (CLI) is a type of human-computer interface (i.e., a way for humans to interact with computers) that relies solely on textual input and output. That is, the entire display screen, or the currently active portion of it (Window, Terminal), shows only characters (and no images), and input is usually performed entirely with a keyboard.

databases

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-01-16T20:41:05+00:00

Databases The CS Department provides three databases for student/faculty use. They are only accessible from computers located on the NDSU campus. * PostgreSQL 12.0 * MySQL/MariaDB 8.0 * MongoDB 5.0 Native PHP and Perl connectors are installed on the lab machines as well as the Python PostgreSQL connector python3-psycopg2. Other languages may require adding a connector library to your project. Some connector libraries can be found in the /opt/lablibs directory.

fqdn

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2018-10-07T00:01:20+00:00

Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) A fully qualified domain name (FQDN) is the complete domain name for a specific computer, or host, on the internet. The FQDN consists of two parts: the hostname and the domain name. For example, an FQDN for a hypothetical server might be george.myserverfarm.net where 'george' is the host name and 'myserverfarm.net' is the domain name.

ftp

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2018-11-13T20:20:41+00:00

FTP The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a network protocol used for the transfer of files between a client and server on a computer network. FTP is built on a client-server model architecture using separate control and data connections between the client and the server.

generatesshkeys

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2018-11-09T18:31:17+00:00

How to generate keys to use instead of passwords Key-based SSH logins rely on the idea of public-key cryptography. In the process, your client computer generates two keys: a public key and a private key. The idea is that you can encrypt data with the public key, but only decrypt it with the private key. We’ll put the public key on the server and ask it to encrypt all outgoing communication with it. This makes sure that only those clients with the private key can decrypt and read the data.

rcp

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2018-11-13T20:04:25+00:00

RCP The Unix 'remote copy' command (RCP), is a command on Unix-like operating systems used to remotely copy—to copy one or more files from one computer system to another. It uses rlogin for data transfer and uses the same mechanisms for authentication as rlogin. RCP is not secure for network use, because it sends unencrypted information over the network, among other things. It has largely been replaced by the ssh-based utility

scp

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2018-11-13T18:24:09+00:00

SCP The Secure copy protocol (SCP) is a means of securely transferring computer files between a local host and a remote host or between two remote hosts. It is based on the Secure Shell (SSH) protocol. “SCP” commonly refers to both the Secure Copy Protocol and the program itself.

scpfromlinux

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-09-08T21:51:26+00:00

How to transfer files between Linux/Mac computers using SCP from the Command Line This information is provided for the Ubuntu/Debian editions of Linux used in the CS Department. Other Linux versions may vary. What Is SCP? In Linux, you can use the Secure Copy Protocol

scpfromwindows

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-09-10T05:27:10+00:00

How to transfer files between Windows and remote computers using WinSCP What Is WinSCP? WinSCP is a popular SCP, SFTP, and FTP client for Microsoft Windows! It can be used to copy files between a local computer and remote servers using FTP, FTPS, SCP, SFTP, WebDAV or S3 file transfer protocols.

sftp

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-09-08T21:58:29+00:00

SFTP SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol) is a secure file transfer protocol. It runs over the SSH protocol. It supports the full security and authentication functionality of SSH. SFTP uses the SSH port 22.

sftpfromlinux

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-09-08T21:59:15+00:00

How to transfer files between Linux/Mac computers using SFTP from the Command Line This information is provided for the Ubuntu/Debian editions of Linux used in the CS Department. Other Linux versions may vary. What Is SFTP? In Linux, you can use the Secure File Transfer Protocol (SSH File Transfer Protocol) (

sftpfromlinuxgui

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-09-08T21:18:00+00:00

How to transfer files between Linux computers using SFTP via a GUI This information is provided for the Ubuntu/Debian editions of Linux used in the CS Department (FileZilla version 3.46.3). Other Linux versions may vary. FileZilla Client is a fast and reliable cross-platform SFTP client with lots of useful features and an intuitive graphical user interface.

ssh

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2018-11-13T20:03:48+00:00

SSH Secure Shell (ssh) is a program and protocol for securely logging in to and running programs on remote machines across a network, with encryption to protect the transferred information and authentication to ensure that the remote machine is the one desired.

sshfromlinux

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-09-08T04:08:15+00:00

How To Use SSH on Linux to Connect to a Remote Server This information is provided for the Ubuntu/Debian editions of Linux used in the CS Department. Other Linux versions may vary. What Is SSH? SSH, or Secure Shell, is a protocol used to securely log onto remote systems (Not just computers but some routers, switches, etc). It is the most common way to access remote Linux and Unix-like servers.

sshfromwindows

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-06-14T20:30:11+00:00

How To Use SSH on Windows to Connect to a Remote Server What Is SSH? SSH, or Secure Shell, is a protocol used to securely log onto remote systems (Not just computers but some routers, switches, etc). It is the most common way to access remote Linux and Unix-like servers.

whitespace

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2018-05-17T23:39:21+00:00

Whitespace Characters A whitespace is any character or series of characters that represent horizontal or vertical space in typography. When rendered, a whitespace character does not correspond to a visible mark, but typically does occupy an area on a page.