Accounts

Accounts on Gautschi

Obtaining an Account

To obtain an account, you must be part of a research group which has purchased access to gautschi. Refer to the Accounts / Access page for more details on how to request access.

Note

External (non-Purdue) collaborators can be granted access to gautschi, provided the collaborator has a valid Purdue career account. If the collaborator does not have a Purdue career account, a current Purdue faculty or staff member must file a Request for Privileges (R4P) to have the career account created.

Logging In To gautschi

There are several ways to login to gautschi:

Thinlinc web client

One can login to the gautschi front-end with a full desktop environment via the Thinlinc web client.

Important

Your full password,push Duo passphrase is needed to trigger the Duo notification that is sent to your phone for approval.

Gateway / OnDemand

One can login to gautschi's Gateway to manage files in your home/scratch/depot directories and start Slurm jobs for supported OnDemand applications.

SSH

Secure Shell or SSH is a way of establishing a secure connection between two computers. It uses public-key cryptography to authenticate the user with the remote computer and to establish a secure connection. Its usual function involves logging in to a remote machine and executing commands. There are many SSH clients available for all operating systems.

Note

gautschi supports either Purdue's Duo two-factor authentication or SSH keys.

SSH Client Software

Linux / Solaris / AIX / HP-UX / Unix:

• The ssh command is pre-installed. Log in using ssh username@gautschi.rcac.purdue.edu from a terminal.

Microsoft Windows:

• MobaXterm is a small, easy to use, full-featured SSH client. It includes X11 support for remote displays, SFTP capabilities, and limited SSH authentication forwarding for keys.

Mac OS X:

• The ssh command is pre-installed. You may start a local terminal window from "Applications->Utilities". Log in by typing the command ssh username@gautschi.rcac.purdue.edu.

Important

When prompted to enter a password, enter your Purdue career account password followed by ",push ". Your Duo app will then receive a notification to approve the login.

SSH Keys

SSH keys can be used in lieu of the Duo passphrase "password,push" for password-less logins. Refer to the blog post at PLACEHOLDER URL for more information.

ThinLinc

It's possible to login to gautschi using the ThinLinc desktop app. Refer to the blog post at PLACEHOLDER URL URL for more information on the installation and login steps.