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About This Document
- This document provides getting started instructions for using SecureCRT in the MIT environment.
- This document is not meant to be a general purpose guide to using SecureCRT's many features. SecureCRT provides detailed online help for this purpose.
- This document assumes that you have already downloaded and installed SecureCRT.
- For installation instructions, see SecureCRT and SecureFX for Windows - Installation Instructions.
Note: The sample screen images in this document include red 'privacy bars' to prevent viewing of sensitive information.
Prerequisites
Apart from a few system requirements, there are no special prerequisites for using SecureCRT at MIT. However, there are two considerations:
- You must choose either the 32 bit version or the 64 bit version - whichever is appropriate for your machine.
The downloads are available from the IS&T Software Grid.
If you are not sure if your machine is 32 bit or 64 bit see this article. - You must connect to a server that supports the SSH2 protocol in order to make a secure connection.
Most servers on MITnet support SSH2. If you are unsure whether a server supports SSH2, contact the server administrator before you connect.
Since SecureCRT uses SSH2 for secure connectivity, Kerberos is not required to use SecureCRT.
Configuring SecureCRT
The MIT download of SecureCRT has been pre-configured with a session profile for you to connect to your Athena home directory. If you installed SecureCRT you do not need to configure SecureCRT to log on to athena.dialup.mit.edu. Other users on the machine and Windows Domain users need to run the 'Create Shortcut to Athena' tool in Start > Programs > Tools> MIT SecureCRT > Create Shortcut to Athena. Click Create Shortcut to complete the configuration.
The 'Options..' button allows the user to choose between the default, recommended connection method (password authentication) and Kerberos GSSAPI authentication (Kerberos tickets).
Joyoshare screen recorder 2 0 0 22. For help with configuring a session to another server, see the 'Getting Started' section in SecureCRT's online help system.
Connecting Securely
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This section provides step-by-step instructions to help you establish a secure connection to athena.dialup.mit.edu using SecureCRT.
Please note: The screens displayed below are for Windows 10. These same instructions will work for Windows 7 but will just have some cosmetic differences.
To establish a secure connection to Athena using SecureCRT, do the following:
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This section provides step-by-step instructions to help you establish a secure connection to athena.dialup.mit.edu using SecureCRT.
Please note: The screens displayed below are for Windows 10. These same instructions will work for Windows 7 but will just have some cosmetic differences.
To establish a secure connection to Athena using SecureCRT, do the following:
- To start SecureCRT, click Start > All Apps (All Programs in Windows 7) > SecureCRT > SecureCRT(version number). In this example the latest version is 7.3.
Result: SecureCRT opens and a Quick Connect window appears. Notice that there is a terminal window labeled not connected - SecureCRT underneath the smaller Quick Connect window. - Enter the following in Hostname:athena.dialup.mit.edu, in Username:Your Kerberos Username, then click the Connect button.
Result: You will be prompted with the New Host Key window. (athena.dialup.mit.edu is an alias, so the warning is okay). - Click Accept & Save.
- When Prompted enter your Kerberos Username and Kerberos Password. Note: IS&T recommends that you NOT select Save password.
- Click OK.
Result: You are now logged on to Athena. Notice that SecureCRT displays the Athena command prompt in the terminal window. Under Sessions you will see athena.dialup.mit.edu which you can double click in the future to re-connect. You will be prompted for your password if you did not save it in Step 3.
Working with Files
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Logging Out
When you finish an Athena session, be sure to log out. To do this:
- Choose File > Disconnect.
- When prompted with the message 'Do you wish to disconnect from Athena?' click Yes.
- Choose File > Exit to exit out of SecureCRT. You can make this choice and skip the previous steps if you wish to both log off from Athena and exit the program.
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When using a desktop shortcut to launch SecureCRT.exe (no args), the default behavior is to launch a new instance. However, if the desktop shortcut has arguments that specify connecting to another session, those arguments may include command line options that tell SecureCRT to use an existing instance.
If you're on Windows 7 or newer, and you're using a 'pinned' icon on the taskbar to launch SecureCRT, the default windows behavior is to activate an instance of the application (typically the window that's been used most recently) that's already open -- such behavior is a feature of the OS, and isn't overridden by SecureCRT. However, you can hold down your Shift key as you click on the 'pinned' icon on the taskbar and a new instance of SecureCRT will be launched.
Additionally, there is a feature in SecureCRT that forces a single instance behavior such that, if it's enabled, SecureCRT resorts to activating an existing instance if it's already running. This option is one that exists only in the Global.ini file ('Single Instance' set to 00000001), and so an upgrade from v5 alone would not likely have affected/changed the behavior.
Also, even with Single Instance enabled, you can have multiple windows (all governed by the same SecureCRT.exe instance). When you right-click within the Session manager in SecureCRT 7.3, you can see a menu item 'Open Sessions in a Tab'. If there's a check-mark next to this menu item, any connections made will be opened up in a new tab within the same SecureCRT window. Otherwise, connections you make (if there aren't any connections open in the current window) will be made within a new SecureCRT window).
If this information isn't helpful in getting you to the behavior you desire, please provide us with more details about your configuration, history, usage scenario, steps you use to launch new connections, etc. and we'll be happy to continue providing assistance and information to help get you there.
If you would feel more comfortable discussing the specifics of your situation more privately, feel free to send email to support@vandyke.com referencing this forum thread (#12171).
--Jake
