1998 Macintosh computers can be easily connected to the network, and all in Earth Sciences are or should be. Stanford University has developed a program for network login to UNIX systems from Macintoshes, called MacSamson . To use MacSamson, first start the application by double-clicking the icon.
Additional menus appear once a connection is made.
Otherwise, type in the name of the computer you want in the Hostname box and click on the Open button. MacSamson will attempt to connect to the remote computer. At this point, a connection is opened to the remote computer and a terminal emulation window opens on the Macintosh. If the MacLeland kerberos agent is installed on the Macintosh, as is the case for the cluster computers, it will pop up a dialog box to request your SUNet ID and password. If the remote computer supports kerberized logins, you can enter the SUNet ID and password and you will then get a fully encrypted login session.