Logging in

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Contact Secretariat System Administrators with HPC Questions!

Vijay Shankar

John Poole

Maria E. Adonay

 
vshanka@clemson.edu,jopoole@clemson.edu,madonay@clemson.edu

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Sequentially complete both Parts 1 and 2 to login, set your password, and to submit jobs to nodes. For Part 1, complete the instructions appropriate for your machine.

Attention

Do not attempt the following steps until you have been contacted regarding your username.

If you would like an account on Secretariat, please let us know!.

When you plan to connect to Secretariat while away from campus, you must first connect to the Clemson Virtual Private Network (CUVPN)!

Part 1: Login

  1. Contact Vijay, John, and Maria (see above email list) for information about your intial password if you have lost it.

  2. Open a Terminal window.

  3. Type ssh [username]@130.127.173.136 on the command line; Press Enter.

    Insert your own username in the place of [username] – you do not need the brackets.

  4. Type initial password; Press Enter.

    Note: As you type the password on the command line, the cursor will not move to indicate that you have typed anything. This is a security feature. Type the entire password and press Enter.

  5. Select your method of Duo Two-Factor Authenication; Authenticate accordingly.

    Mobile device users should enter the number associated with their preferred Duo authentication method (commonly 1) to trigger a push notification. Users with alternative methods will get a second prompt for a passcode or token key.

    Click here for more information about Duo.

    The process will be complete when the command line prompt shows to the [username]@secretariat-master ~]$ format.

Login complete!

Attention

Remain logged in to complete Part 2.

  1. Contact Vijay, John, and Maria (see above email list) for information about your intial password if you have lost it.

  2. Open your preferred terminal emulator.

    As of 2025, Clemson had a license for StarNet X-Win32, which could be installed on Windows from Company Portal. However, many Windows machines come equipped with Windows PowerShell, which should also work!

  3. Type ssh [username]@130.127.173.136 on the command line; Press Enter.

    Some terminal emulators provide separate fields for connection information rather than a command-line prompt. In these cases, make sure to use 130.127.173.136 as the “remote host” or “server address”.

  4. Type initial password; Press Enter.

    Note: When you type your password from the command line, the cursor will not move to indicate that you have typed anything. This is a security feature. Type the entire password and press Enter.

  5. Select your method of Duo Two-Factor Authenication; Authenticate accordingly.

    Mobile device users should enter the number associated with their preferred Duo authentication method (commonly 1) to trigger a push notification. Users with alternative methods will get a second prompt for a passcode or token key.

    Click here for more information about Duo.

    The process will be complete when the command line prompt shows to the [username]@secretariat-master ~]$ format.

Login complete!

Attention

Remain logged in to complete Part 2.

Note: 130.127.173.136 is often interchangable with secretariat-master.clemson.edu

Part 2: Prepare work environment

  1. While logged in to Secretariat, Type passwd on the command line; Press Enter.

    You will be prompted to enter your current password and then your new password twice. When you type your password, it will not appear as you type. This is for security reasons. Press Enter after you have typed each password.

  2. Type ssh-keygen -t rsa on the command line; Continue pressing Enter until complete.

    The process will be complete when the command line prompt returns to the [username]@secretariat-master ~]$ format.

  3. Type cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub > ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on the command line; Press Enter.

  4. Type chmod -R 700 ~/.ssh on the command line; Press Enter.

  5. Type exit on the command line; Press Enter.

Session ended!

Attention

Immediately after completing Part 2, inform Vijay, John, and Maria (see above email list.) so that they may finalize the status of your newly created account on Secretariat!