FAQ for COMP 250

There are three options: 1) Using SSH with Putty, 2) Using SCP with WinSCP, 3) Using the Windows file browser if you are on campus.

You can view your files by using SSH to login to Taz into taz or by using IE.

1) SSH into Taz:

You can SSH into Taz from on campus or off. I recommend downloading the free Putty SSH client.

1. Run Putty.
2. Enter: taz.harding.edu in the Host name field and click on the Open button.
3. A console window will appear where you should enter your user name and Taz password.
4. Move to your public_html folder by entering: cd public_html
5. List your files by entering: ls -l

2) SCP into Taz:

You can use SCP to view or modify your files from on campus or off. I recommend using the free WinSCP client.

1. Run WinSCP.
2. In the host name field, enter taz.harding.edu and click on the Login button.
3. Enter your taz username and password when prompted.

The screen shot below shows WinSCP viewing files from my hard drive on the left and files on Taz on the right.

3) Windows file browser:

THIS OPTION IS CURRENTLY NOT WORKING. SORRY.

If you are on campus, you can view your files using the Windows file browser. This will not work from off campus.

1. Click Start -> My Computer
2. Enter \\taz\username into the location field where username is your Taz username.
3. You should now be able to access your files as if they were on your hard drive.

Below is a screet shot of my file browser viewing files in my public_html directory on Taz.

If you are on campus, you can transfer your files from your hard drive to your Taz folders by using the Windows file browser as described in the step above this. Just copy and paste the files and directories into your Taz directories.

If you are off campus, you will need to SCP to Taz to transfer your files as described previously. Once you have logged in, simply copy and paste or drag and drop your files into the WinSCP window. All your files will need to be copied into the public_html directory to be visible on the Web.

In order for Apache to access your files, they need world read permissions (-rw-r--r--). Set them by issuing the chmod command in Linux:
chmod a+r myfile.html
or
chmod 644 myfile.html

Directories need world execute permissions (drwx--x--x). Set them by issuing the chmod command in Linux:
chmod a+x myfolder
or
chmod 711 myfolder

If you created a file called myfile.html in your /home/username/public_html directory, you would access it from your browser using:

   http://taz.harding.edu/~username/myfile.html 

If you created a folder under public_html and placed a file in it called myfile.html, you'd access the file with this URL:

   http://taz.harding.edu/~username/myfolder/myfile.html

If you are connected to HUWA-GUEST, you will not be able to access Taz's web server. However, if you connect to HUWA-SEC, you can. Here are instructions on how to connect to the secured network on Windows 7.

Yes. Although Taz web pages are only directly accessible from on campus (due to the firewall), you can access them from off campus indirectly using an SSH tunnel. Follow the directions posted here that describe how to set up an SSH tunnel using Putty.

Yes. Linux is a case-sensitive operating system, and Taz is running Linux.

The file a.html, A.html, and a.HTML are all different files in Linux. Windows, on the other hand, is not case sensitive. This means you could write some HTML that works on Windows, but when you transfer your files to taz and access them in the browser, you could have broken images or links that cannot be found.

For example, you could have the following HTML:

<img src="pic.gif">

But your file may be named pic.GIF. This will cause it to appear as a broken image on Taz. Change the name of the file to pic.gif to fix the problem.

It is important to be able to view your file extensions, but Windows hides most file extensions by default. To view them:

1. Start IE or Windows Explorer.
2. Select Tools -> Internet Options... from the menu.
3. Click the View tab.
4. Uncheck "Hide extensions for known file types"
   
   
   
   
5. Click OK.