Zeus
Server Name: zeus.cec.gmu.edu
- Zeus is the primary Linux login server cluster for the College of Engineering and Computing.
- Accounts and access are granted automatically upon registration for a qualifying class.
- Use your GMU userid and password (i.e., your PatriotWeb account) to login.
- To connect to Zeus, use an SSH client such as Putty. The server name is zeus.cec.gmu.edu and the port is the default SSH port, 22. If you are not familiar with how ssh works please review this page..
- Zeus is behind our departmental firewall so to access it from off campus you must first configure and run our VPN client.
NOTE: We do not permit remote graphical display from Zeus because of certain software licensing restrictions. If you need to use graphical applications, please use the VSLinux virtual machine via VMWare available on all of our computer lab systems. The VSLinux virtual machine provides the same environment as Zeus.
Zeus.cec.gmu.edu will currently resolve to one of two nodes zeus-1 or zeus-2.