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The Secure Shell protocol allows data to be exchanged over a secure channel between two computers. SSH is typically used to log into a remote machine and execute commands (remote console), but it can also be used to run programs and transfer files. On Linux and Mac systems the ssh client is usually pre-loaded, while on Windows systems you have to download and install a an SSH client. For example openSSH, Putty or Tectia.
The access is done via one of the following commands:

ssh <username>@login.marconi.cineca.it
ssh <username>login.m100.cineca.it
ssh <username>@login.galileo.cineca.it


depending on which cluster

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you have the account. You can use the option -X to enables X11 display forwarding.

All the systems share the same username/password.

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Access via Desktop Based Tool

It is possible to access in a "desktop" based way (particularly useful if you are using visualization tools) by using our Remot Remote Connection Manager (RCM).
RCM is a client/server application to connect  to to HPC machines using graphical mode.
A detailed description on of how to install and use it is in this specific document.

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  • via SCP (Secure Copy) or SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol) functonsfunctions;
  • using RSYNC (remote sync) utility. You can find a dedicated page on how to use efficiently rsync on our systems.
  • using GridFTP:  a protocol that allows very efficent efficient data trasfers transfers among different HPC platforms. A detailed description is reported in a specific document Globus Online.

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- The new password has to be 10 characters long and contain at least 1 capital letter, 1 number, and 1 special character (!"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^_`{|}~)
- The password has a validity of 3 months. You will receive a reminder 10 days before the expiration when you login.
- The new password has to be different from the previous 5 ones.
- Any password change will be notified to the user by email