MathHand
Computer support @ Dept. of Math, KTH

Contact information and further information

Opening hours:

Weekdays 9:00 to 13:00.

Please note that all requests for help should be directed to MathHand.

Visit: Room 3548

E-mail: mathhand@math.kth.se

Phone: 08-790 9312



SSH, file transfer and batch servers

There are two batch servers for heavy processing (Matlab etc.) and a shell server for light work. The batch servers are eight.math.kth.se and, with request for access, nine.math.kth.se, the shell server is faculty-shell.sys.kth.se.

To connect to a shell or batch server from your Unix / GNU/Linux / MacOS X computer, run:

    kinit -f username@KTH.SE;
    ssh -o GSSAPIAuthentication=yes -o GSSAPIDelegateCredentials=yes -o GSSAPIKeyExchange=yes \
       -X username@servername.math.kth.se
    

To connect to the batch server from a Windows computer, use a program like PuTTY or similar to connect to the server faculty-shell.sys.kth.se and then from there use the above instructions to connect to the batch servers.

File transfer

Files may be accessed through the SFTP and SCP server. The server is called faculty-shell.sys.kth.se. (See IT help about SFTP and SCP for more information.)

VPN

You can connect to KTH using VPN as well. There are instructions on lan about vpn. This information is only in Swedish for now.

LaTeX templates

You can find some letter templates here:

TeX Live

Documentation for the new TeX Live distribution (containing updated version of TeX and LaTeX tools) can be found here:

Other IT-related questions

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