Hints, Tips, and Tricks

How can I change my default shell?

Please submit a change request to MPCDF helpdesk. Currently, bash, tcsh, and csh are supported, where bash is the recommended choice. Other shells such as zsh or ksh are installed on the systems and can be invoked manually, if desired.

How can I launch ssh-agent in a terminal session?

Run the commands

eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa

once to unlock an SSH key in your terminal session. For the lifetime of that session, you won’t be asked to type the password for that particular key which is convenient when working with git in combination with remote repositories such as MPCDF GitLab.