Remote Desktop with Terminal Servers
Table of Contents
Available terminal servers
| Host | Notes |
|---|---|
| stark | Dedicated terminal server |
| shodan | Dedicated terminal server |
| benjamin | virtual Mathematica server |
| bobrowski | virtual Mathematica server |
| eucken | virtual login server |
| roth | virtual login server |
| nexus | virtual login server |
| dobby | CQT cluster frontend |
| emmy | STP cluster frontend |
| kreacher | ITP cluster frontend |
To use the cluster frontends, you need a cluster account.
SSH / Command line session
Text based sessions are initialized using SSH:
ssh [-AXY] <host>.physik.uni-leipzig.de
Programs with graphical user interfaces need X Forwarding activated (Option -X or -Y)
Remote Desktop: X2Go
Desktop sessions are available via X2Go terminal server sessions. The client software is installed on our workstations. To use remote desktop with your own computer, install the X2Go client software for your operating system and configure a session using your user account and password or SSH key:
Figure 1: Example setup, note that not all listed session types are available (but at least XFCE and awesome will be)
The following session types are available:
| XFCE | Select "XFCE" |