(Mandeep Gill with help from Erin Sheldon and Mike Jarvis) 1. First, go to: https://fsd84.bis.bnl.gov/guest/guestRegist.asp and fill this in, most of the questions are self-explanatory, but a few aren't, and here are some pointers:
- The host should be listed as Anze Slosar.
- Affiliation telephone: (631) 344 8012 - Facility and Facility Code: pick something like the "astro" option - Expected End Date: choose a few years off 2. Go through the online cyber security training: http://training.bnl.gov/course/CyberSecurity Nothing too hard, but you have to pay attention, and pass the 10 question exam at the end. 3. Print and fax in the Computer Use Agreement, or scan it and send it in to Bonnie L Miller ( cua@bnl.gov ), which i found worked better. 4. Requested a SSH Gateway Access account at the RHIC Computing Facility through the online form; i got this within a day 5. Create public and private keys as per: http://www.bnl.gov/cybersecurity/ssh_unix_protocol2.asp, 6. Upload public ssh key to the RCF at: https://web.racf.bnl.gov/Facility/SshKeys/UploadSshKey.php, then i was able to log in to BNL via ssh msgill@rssh.rhic.bnl.gov 7. From here, "ssh astro" to get to the login node. 8. To simplify logins, install keychain in your system. On ubuntu, aptitude install keychain Then add this to your startup file (.bashrc or .cshrc or .tcshrc) # if you used "dsa" instead of "rsa", then put "id_dsa" below keychain --noinherit id_rsa 2>/dev/null . ~/.keychain/${HOSTNAME}-sh > /dev/null