To start Secure Shell which will allow you to login to the new server, change the default password and upload files for your webpages run the shortcut

“SSH Secure Shell Client” from the desktop or Start menu.

(If you wish to download it and install it on your home computer you can get it from

http://www.matcmp.ncc.edu/ssh/SSHSecureShellClient-3.2.9.exe

)

Once you run it you will see a screen similar to this

First thing I recommend is change the default color scheme (this step is optional and can be skipped). You can do this by going to the Edit menu, then Settings. I like to use a black background so it looks like a real Unix terminal.

Once in Settings, click the Colors option as shown below and change the

Foreground to White, Background to Black and the Cursor color to White.

As shown below

Then Click OK

You will want to save these settings, this can be done by going to the File menu and selecting “Save Settings”

Now you are ready to connect to the server. Go back to the File menu and select “Connect…” (or click “Quick Connect” from the toolbar)

This will bring up the connect dialog, fill in the fields as such.

Host Name: newton.matcmp.ncc.edu

User Name: (your username, first 6 letters of your last name followed by your first name’s initial). For example Claudia Black would have the username blackc.

Leave the Port Number to 22 and Authentication Method as

“<Profile Settings>”

Then click the Connect button

You will then see a dialog named “Host Identification”, this is asking you if you want to save the server’s key (which is used to encrypt your connection)

Answer Yes

The server will then ask you for your password.

Unless told otherwise your initial passwords have been set to the last 4 digits of your office number (as in the 2002 NCC CAMPUS TELEPHONE DIRECTORY)

If you are adjunct then your initial password will be 7383

Click OK after putting in your password and you will be logged into the server.

You can now change your password by typing the command

passwd

and pushing Enter.

It will ask you for your old password then a new password.

After this your password will be changed on the webpage/email server (NOT the @ncc.edu mail, just the local dept. email).

Keep in mind this doesn’t change your password that you use to login to the Windows network in the lab or in your office.

If you want to transfer files to the server for storage or for your webpages you can do this now by going to the Window menu then clicking “New File Transfer”

This will open up a new file transfer window which has a similar look to the WS FTP program which you might be used to.

The window pane on the right shows your directory and files on the server and the window pane on the left shows local files.

To publish a webpage you need to put all your files in a folder named “public_html” on the server.

To create this folder (if it wasn’t already made for you) right click in the right window pane, select New Folder then give it the name : “public_html”

You can then double click the folder you’ve just made to go into it.

To transfer files from your computer or j: drive drag and drop the files from the left window pane to the right one and vice versa

Remember that your first page/homepage has to be named index.htm or index.html

To logout of the server you can close the File Transfer window and type

logout

then push enter at the prompt.

The URL for your webpage, once uploaded, will be

http://www.matcmp.ncc.edu/~username

You can also use

http://matcmp.ncc.edu/~username

Written by Steve Ochani