Suppose your pair partner (or anyone else that you trust) is logged into a computer in the B230/B240 labs. You need to do something in your own ACMS account for just a moment.

But asking your pair partner to log all the way out is really inconvenient. They will lose their place in all the work they have open. And, it takes a long time to go through the whole logout/login process.

There is an easier and quicker way, as long as you trust one another.

Here’s what to do:

ssh spis16xy@localhost

The terminal session below shows an example of what that might look like. But first, a few notes about this output:

[spis16t3@ieng6-240]:~:79$ ssh spis16t4@localhost
The authenticity of host 'localhost (127.0.0.1)' can't be established.
RSA key fingerprint is 2c:07:da:be:44:8d:67:70:7f:4b:5e:51:88:d0:18:ce.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Warning: Permanently added 'localhost' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
spis16t3@localhost's password: 
Last login: Sun Aug  7 13:27:29 2016 from cpe-76-88-3-252.san.res.rr.com
============================ NOTICE =================================
Authorized use of this system is limited to password-authenticated
...

Sun Aug 07, 2016  1:27pm - Prepping spis16
[spis16t4@ieng6-240]:~:79$ 

You can see that the prompt has changed from spis16t3 to spis16t4.

When you are finished, type exit to leave the spis16t4 session and return to the spis16t3 session.