Direct usage (also known as terminal usage) refers to using a computer, for example, via the ssh program, where you type Unix/Linux commands.
You can log in with your IT Services username and password on the university’s Unix/Linux computers
Basic users typically use direct access computers primarily for updating their own web pages (either directly through an ssh terminal connection and a Unix text editor or indirectly via SSH file transfer programs). These computers also have other traditional Unix programs, example, for using email (pine and mutt) or reading newsgroups. However, the university no longer has its own newsgroup server, and email is usually used in ways other than text-based Unix mail programs.
There are no traffic restrictions within the university network. However, ssh connections from jalava and halava are allowed only for the following application protocols:
You can activate direct usage rights following the instructions in How to activate direct usage rights?
Actual direct usage occurs through an ssh terminal program (example Putty in Windows), which establishes a terminal connection between your local computer and the direct usage server. Putty is free and is also available on university Windows workstations.
Users’ home directory path is in the format /nashomeX/USERNAME (where X is a number and USERNAME is your username, e.g., /nashome1/foobar).
The user’s web server (users.jyu.fi) home page directory (html) is visible on direct usage computers as the directory /wwwhome$HOME/html, where $HOME represents the user’s home directory path. (Note that the www directory path on direct usage computers includes an additional prefix compared to the home directory path (Note! This prefix is not present on the actual www server itself, e.g., for .htaccess, PHP, etc.))."
Groups.jyu.fi appears in the subdirectory /var/www/virtual.hosts/groups.jyu.fi. Other virtual addresses for karahka2.cc.jyu.fi are visible in the directory /var/www/virtual.hosts/, for example, groups.jyu.fi in the directory /var/www/virtual.hosts/groups.jyu.fi.
The home directory path (/nashomeX/USERNAME) may change (home directories can be moved to balance disk space). Always use the variable $HOME or equivalent as the indicator for the home directory in programs and other contexts.