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→Part 1: Accessing your Matrix Account from a Seneca College Lab
# Enter your password and click '''OK''' or press '''ENTER'''<br><br>
# Click '''OK''' or press '''ENTER''' at the second Authentication Response dialog box.<br><br>
#If you entered your password correctly, the main SSH Linux shell should appear where you enter Linux commands.<br><br>'''NOTE:''' The '''Matrix''' server has been configured to allow users to '''only interact with the Linux OS by issuing commands'''. There are various reasons for this, but the main 2 reasons are to '''force students to learn how to issue Linux commands''' as well as '''limitations to remote access to a graphical Linux serve'''r due to large number of users (students). Later in the course, your instructor may discuss other ways of accessing '''graphical versions of Linux''', and how to launch a shell terminal.
===Part 2: Access your Matrix Account From your own computer within or outside the Seneca College Network ===