Web Development
DART 230

Be sure that you’ve given me your e-mail address and other personal information on hard copy. We’ll run through the process of checking on the space for your Web sites next class. If access is permitted, you would need to run an SSH (secure shell protocol) session (via puTTy on a PC or the Terminal utility on a Mac) to create a public_html directory on the alpha server.
For the Mac Terminal at the $ prompt type
ssh user@alpha.lasalle.edu where "user" is your user ID (so I'd type ssh beatty@alpha.lasalle.edu and then enter my alpha password).

Your alpha password should be 12345_abc where 12345=first five numbers of your Social Security Number, then an underscore (shift-hyphen), then first three letters of your last name, lowercase. No spaces.
The commands you need are

• pp_orig to originate the public_html
• pp_perm to set the permissions
• and try ls to list your system files (you'll see public_html in blue)
• logout
While you’re at it you can change the password from your standard STUDENT one at the prompt by typing "passwd" as in: b$ passwd and hitting Enter.

Use Filezilla to see if the public_html is there. If you haven’t got a copy of Filezilla at home, go to Fillezilla-project.org and download the free version. Other options are FTP clients from
smartftp.com OR
ftpcommander.com
When you log on here or at home, set the Host Name to:
alpha.lasalle.edu,
and use your regular ID and your alpha password. You can also try to use ftp through the browser at ftp://alpha.lasalle.edu, but not while on campus.

Site maintained by John Beatty