Remote Access

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How to set up VPN access in Android and Chrome OS

All devices connecting to the Physics network this way MUST be running a supported version of Chrome OS or Android and have all application and operating system updates applied.
The terms and conditions specified in the Department of Physics Rules for Computer Use apply.

Categories: Android | Google | Remote Access | VPN

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There are a number of ways that you can access your windows files from home or other remote sites.

There are a number of ways that you can access your windows files from home or other remote sites. Please also note that you may well find these instructions useful within the department as they can be used to access your files from non-Windows systems and any other system which isn't authenticated in the domain.

Categories: Remote Access

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How to access files on the physics shared storage systems from outside the department

When outside Physics you can access any of the files in your home directory using SFTP/SCP.

The SFTP protocol provides similar functionality to FTP but is secure as information is encrypted. SCP is a secure copy protocol and has a command line syntax similar to `copy` commands. The services are accessed via the Windows front end server (winssh1) e.g. from a command line prompt on Linux (or any other OS with command line clients)

Categories: H drive | Linux | Remote Access | Unix | home directories

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How to access Apple Screen Sharing to give yourself a Apple desktop screen session

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All macOS Apple desktop systems have Apple Screen Sharing enabled which allows you to remotely access a Apple desktop system environment.

Open a ssh tunnel via the ssh gateway on port 5900 before you can connect to the systems. This no longer work through the Physics VPN.

Categories: Apple | Astrophysics | Mac | Remote Access | Theory | VNC

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Access to Windows H drive from the Linux GUI

General share information (1)

Each of the techniques below requires a server and share combination to be selected and, for the methods marked INTERNAL, your computer must either be located inside the physics network or connected over the physics VPN.

Note that all of these methods are useful as a way to copy and view files on the network shares but should not be relied upon for long running processes.

Categories: H drive | KDE | Linux | Remote Access | Scientific Linux | central linux | external | home directories | home directory | nautilus | ppunix | sshfs | ubuntu | windows share | winfe | winssh

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Connecting the the Central Linux infrastructure

Note: connections must go via bastion.physics.ox.ac.uk, ideally using it as a jump proxy. Some of these instructions do not include details of how to do that yet.

Categories: Linux | RDP | Remote Access | Remote desktop | SSH | central linux | terminal server

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A remote desktop client for Linux

rdesktop is a remote desktop application for connecting to PCs (using the RDP protocol) running Microsoft Windows, including the departmental Terminal Servers. It is pre-installed on departmental Linux PCs. For a better graphical solution under Linux, consider also "Remmina" in the "Connect to your Physics Windows Desktop or Other Protected Machine From Outside The Department" section of this page.

Categories: Linux | Remote Access

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VPN Services

The VPN service in the Physics Department is provided by

  • VPN.PHYSICS.OX.AC.UK.

The service is now based on SSL VPN using the Fortinet client.
(Mac's also have the option of using a pre installed Cisco client that uses the IPSec protocol, but the SSL option is preferred.)

There are some instructions for using VPN to Physics from different platforms.

Categories: Network | Remote Access | VPN

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Connecting via Remote Desktop Connection. This allows you to connect to a windows system (eg. the Terminal Server) and display a full graphical desktop just like sitting in front of the actual machine.

Remote Desktop Connection allows you to connect to a windows system and display a full graphical desktop just like sitting in front of the actual machine. The desktop is shown in a window on the local machine, although all the applications run on the remote system. In some respects it is similar to the X-Windows system on Unix but uses a different network protocol known as RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol).

Categories: Printing | RDP | Remote Access | terminal server

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How to remotely access the Theory IT Systems

There are several ways of accessing your system and data remotely on the Theoretical Physics systems.

How to access Theoretical Physics computers via SSH

Systems within the Physics network may be accessed via the ssh proxy server ssh.physics.ox.ac.uk

On Mac or Linux, edit the file ~/.ssh/config and add the lines

Categories: Remote Access | Theory

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