Midway Alias (an easier way to access Midway, for Mac)

[rebekahanne]

Here are a few simple steps to edit your .bash_profile to create an alias to login into Midway2 more quickly. This is written for Mac, but these steps could be translated for Windows users as well.

1. Open a terminal window.
2. Type vim ~/.bash_profile so that you open .bash_profile with vim.
3. Type i so that you are in insert mode in vim.
4. Add alias midway="ssh rccguestXXX@midway2.rcc.uchicago.edu" to your .bash_profile, replacing XXXX with the last four digits of your yubikey.
5. Press escape to exit the insert mode.
6. Type :wq to save your changes and exit vim.
7. Type source ~/.bash_profile

Now, you should just be able to type midway into your terminal window, and you will be prompted to enter a password using your yubikey.

(Thanks @EricHuang49 for asking this question!)