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F-Secure Installation and Configuration for the Mac

Installation

Locate the installation files for F-Secure SSH as follows:

1. Open the Apple menu.
2. Select Chooser.
3. Select CEBAF Ethernet, Appleshare, then JLAB Fileserver.
4. Login to the JLAB Fileserver with your Unix (e-mail, db1, etc) username and password.
5. From the list of directories available, select Mac Applications
6. Close the Chooser window and open the 'new' Mac Applications folder on your desktop.
7. Open the MacDist folder, then the F-Secure SSH folder.

Start the Setup application by double-clicking the F-Secure SSH Installation icon and follow these instructions:

1. A new window, titled F-Secure SSH for Macintosh 1.0.1 will open; click the Continue button.
2. Review the Read Me file for potential problems with your specific machine.
3. Select Easy Install and the drive to which you wish to install the program, click the Install button.
4. You'll be prompted to answer "Do you want F-Secure SSH to be able to run on all Macintosh computers?" Answer Yes.
5. The next pop-up message tells you that installation is complete. Close your connection to MacDist.

Configuration

Locate the F-Secure SSH folder on your hard drive and open it and follow the instructions below:.

1. Click the F-Secure SSH icon. It may take a few moments to start the program the first time.
2. Follow the on screen instructions regarding the random number generator - continually move your mouse in this window until the Random Number Generator (RNG) reaches 100% and the window disappears.
3. F-Secure SSH opens with an untitled, unconnected window.
4. From the menu, select File, Connect.
5. Select Connection Properties.
6. Select the Connection tab within the Properties window.
7. Check the Forward X11 box.
8. In the Host Name field, enter db1.jlab.org (or the name of any other targeted server.)
9. User Name field: use churchill rather than Winston Churchill
10. Password field: use your unix password
11. Click the OK button.
12. The first time you connect to a server, you'll get a pop-up window titled New Host Key. The notice reads: F-Secure SSH received a previously unknown host key from server: Host Name: db1.jlab.org. You are offered the choice of buttons reading Accept Once, Accept & Save, Cancel or Help. Click Accept & Save.
13. The Untitled window will display a db1> prompt (or the prompt on your target server).
14. From the menu, select File, Save Settings As…
15. Name the settings file for the server you connect to most often (e.g., db1). You may save this shortcut to the F-Secure SSH folder, to your desktop, or to your Apple menu.

Keyboard Settings

Currently the Computer Center is working on a solution for keyboard mapping to be used with the MIS JLAB applications REQS and ETR.