Use SSH to make coursework folders on Eden

Note: Don't use spaces or upper-case letters in file names!

1. Open SSH Secure File Transfer Client on your computer and

   (a) click on "Quick Connect"
   (b) for "Host Name" enter www.eden.rutgers.edu
   (c) enter your Eden username
   (d) click "Connect" and enter your password.

2. Check the Remote (right) side of the SSH window for a "public_html" folder.
3. Create a "public_html" folder there if you don't have one already — see the GetIT SSH Tutorial for help. Note that public_html must be spelled exactly that way: lower-case letters with an underscore (no quote-marks).
4. Check that your "public_html" folder's permissions are 755.
5. In your "public_html" folder make a "425" folder — and set its permissions to 755.
6. In your "425" folder make a "hw" folder (where you'll store your homework) — and set its permissions to 755.
7. Double-check that you didn't use spaces or upper-case letters in your filenames!
8. Check that everything worked: in a browser, enter

   http://www.eden.rutgers.edu/~your username/425

   You should see your "hw" folder listed inside your "425" folder.
9. next, in your "hw" folder makes an "img" folder and set its permissions also to "755".
10. This should appear in a browser window when you enter

    http://www.eden.rutgers.edu/~your username/425/hw/

11. Next, in your "425" folder make a "drafts" folder (where you'll store your web pages until the midterm) — and set its permissions to 755.
12. Check that everything worked as in step 8
13. Finally, in your "drafts" folder makes an "img" folder and set its permissions also to "755".
14. This should appear in a browser window when you enter

    http://www.eden.rutgers.edu/~your username/425/drafts/

 

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SSH and Folder Management Exercise

1. Open this page in Firefox
2. Save the page (this HTML file) (Ctrl + S) to the desktop of your computer
3. Check that you now have a file named "crashmo.htm" and an associated folder of "crashmo_files" on your desktop
4. Copy "crashmo.htm" and the associated folder from your desktop to the "drafts" folder you made on Eden
5. Set the permissions for the file, the associated folder, and the two images inside the folder to "755"
6. Open your online (= Eden) copy of the page in a new window or tab in Firefox; the page should be visible at

   http://www.eden.rutgers.edu/~your username/425/drafts/crashmo.htm

   Note: Do not use SSH to open the file! (Never use SSH to open remote files!!)
7. Check that the page you opened in the new tab or window is identical to the one you started with at crashmo.htm (i.e., both images should be visible)
8. If the page is not identical re-check the permissions for the file, the associated folder, and the two images inside the folder
9. Repeat step 7 until the page displays correctly
10. Let the instructor know when you've finished the exercise

 

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~Jonathan Bass