Using the PopNet from your MacOSX machine
PRI does not support MacOSX machines, but if you have your own Mac, you can login to our unix network and run graphical applications and access data in our archive.
Logging in
Macintosh computers running MacOSX should already have a built in X11 windows system, and it's conveniently called X11. It is located under Applications -> Utilities -> X11. Start it up and it will open an xterm window for you.
Refer to the list of machines and the statistical softwarethey are running to determine which machine you want to login to.
Once you have the xterm window up, ssh to the machine you've selected. For example, if I wanted to use Sas-calleable SUDAAN, I would login to the machine 'israel' by typing:
ssh -Y israel.pop.psu.edu -l <userid>
where <userid> is your PopNet User ID. You will be asked to supply your PopNet password.
Running software applications
Once you have logged in, running graphical applications is just as easy as being on a linux machine. Just type your command and it should display.
Here are some examples of applications on MacOSX using X11:
| Software |
Command to launch |
More Info |
|---|---|---|
| SAS (with graphical user interface) |
sas |
Univ of Utah help on accessing SAS via X11 |
| Konqueror File Manager |
konqueror |
|
| R-project (shell) |
R |
|
| R-project (console) |
R --gui=Tk |
|
| Stata/se | stata |
|
| Stata (intercooled) |
xstata |
|
| OpenOffice | ooffice |
|
| Pine Email |
pine |
|
| Stat/Transfer |
st |
|
| Gedit text editor |
gedit |
Navigating the linux file system
Once you are logged into the linux PopNet, you will be in your home directory. You can navigate to parts of the network using standard unix commands.
To access the SAS datasets in the SodaPop archive:
cd /nfs/sodapop/sas_data
To access project directories:
cd /nfs/data/projects/{projectname}
Accessing your PopNet (linux) files from Mac Finder
To access your unix data, go to the Mac Finder and in the menu bar select Go-->Connect to server. Provide a server address substituting your own userid as follows:
smb://smb.pop.psu.edu/{userid}
You can save the connection to the sidebar.
Alternatively, you can mount your linux directories to your Mac using sshfs and MacFUSE. More on accessing filesystems...
Using Mac mail
To access your PSU mail, follow the instructions here
Additional MacOSX help
To direct printing to your local machine or to obtain more information on using your Mac to access PopNet resources, contact the PRI help team
