First login

New users, Welcome!!!

Now you have got an account on the MIB system, you should make sure that everything works fine for you.

In here you will find information about how to login into our servers from wur and outside wur (home,...)

How to connect to the MIB system

We use the SSH protocol to login to our machines systems, the authentication relies on a global MIB authentication server.

service/protocol

ssh

host name

potato.wurnet.nl

port

25

using Windows machine

There is more than one way to make a connection, all Windows machines should have access to the program MobaXterm. If that is not the case for you please contact servicedesk.it@wur.nl

Using Mac OS

Make sure you have access to a terminal and install the software XQuartz to be able to use graphical interface. You need to set up the VPN to able to login outside WUR environment.

LOG IN

In a terminal type the following command to start the login process.

Replace <your_username> with the username you received from the local admin.

ssh <your_username>@potato.wurnet.nl

When connecting to the system for the first time, SSH will ask you to confirm that you want to login to the machine say yes. Then you will be asked for a password every time you log in. We recommend setting up a ssh key to secure your connection the server, see below.

Setting up SSH-KEY