Wed 13 Sep 2006
To use MathSciNet while connected off-campus through the VPN, it is not possible to do this directly via the AMS web site portal.
First, go to the Mathematical Science Library’s web page:
http://www.lib.purdue.edu/math
Then click on the MathSciNet link. Next, enter your Purdue career account information. This will link you to the MathSciNet portal.
Wed 13 Sep 2006
To stop your Math homepage from being listed in the Departmental Web Directory, you should not have any files named: ‘index.php’, ‘Welcome.php’, ‘Welcome.html’, ‘index.cgi’, ‘index.html’, or ‘main.html’ in your WWW directory.
Any files named ‘mainindex.html’ or mainindex.php’ will be served as the default main/index/welcome page and will not be linked to from the Web Directory.
Wed 13 Sep 2006
If your homepage is on the math servers (at www.math.purdue.edu/~username) and a file on your webpage is named ‘index.php’, ‘Welcome.php’, ‘Welcome.html’, ‘index.cgi’, ‘index.html’, or ‘main.html’, the Web Directory will automatically link to your webpage.
If your personal webpage exists somewhere other than the Mathematics Department servers, but you would still like it listed in the Departmental Web Directory, you should place redirect file in your Math Web Space. Specifically a file named index.html containing the following:
<html>
<meta http-equiv=”refresh” content=”0;url=http://www.yourhomepage.com/whatever” />
</html>
Please replace the url with your appropriate external url.
Wed 13 Sep 2006
Your Web Space exists at http://www.math.purdue.edu/~username You must replace username with your own username. To place content on your Web Space, you must create a WWW directory in your home directory. Everything within this WWW/ directory will be accessible from the web via www.math.purdue.edu/~username.
Wed 13 Sep 2006
Visit ITaP’s website for detailed instructions to setup a VPN connection for a Macintosh.
http://www.itap.purdue.edu/connections/vpn/
Wed 13 Sep 2006
Use the following command:
ssh -Y user@host
-Y enables “trusted X11 forwarding”
Alternately, have the two lines:
ForwardX11 yes ForwardX11Trusted yes
in ~/.ssh/config
Wed 13 Sep 2006
This error is because the default setting for the Connection type is set to TCP/IP + HTTP, instead of just TCP/IP.
To change this setting, browse to your Applications folder, then to the Citrix ICA Client Folder.
- Launch the Citrix ICA Client Editor.
- On the Network Connections tab, click on the “Default Settings” button towards the bottom left. On the “Making a Connection” tab, you will see an area for Network Protocol.
- Click on the drop down box and change the setting from TCP/IP + HTTP to just TCP/IP.
- Save your settings and try connecting again.
Wed 13 Sep 2006
You need to run X11. It can be found in the “Utilities” folder under “Applications”.
This application will load a terminal window. Type the following command in the terminal window:
ssh -X [username]@[server name]
or, to enable trusted X11 forwarding
ssh -Y [username]@[server name]
If you cannot find X11, it may not be installed on your machine. Please email helpdesk@math.purdue.edu and request that it be installed.
Wed 13 Sep 2006
Visit ITaP’s website for detailed instructions to setup a VPN connection in Windows.
http://www.itap.purdue.edu/connections/vpn/
Wed 13 Sep 2006
You need to install an SSH client.
Purdue’s Engineering Computer Network has SSH clients available for Purdue faculty, staff, and students. Below is a link to the ECN software download page.
https://engineering.purdue.edu/PULS/pc_software/ssh_clients
We recommend SSH Client 3.x (SSHWinClient). Once the SSH client is installed, create a connection to any of the math servers.
Click here for more detailed instructions to setup a connection in Windows XP.