Read through this set of procedures BEFORE you attempt to use them. The first time you access a NEW Bingsuns account, perform the following 5 steps:

1. Download an SSH client and use it to get to: BINGSUNS.BINGHAMTON.EDU
2. Enter your BINGSUNS ID (for example: BG12345).
3. Enter your password.
   If this account has never been used, except for email, the password has probably expired and you will have to create a new one. You will be prompted to enter your new password (you will be prompted for it again, so re-type it). Now you will be prompted AGAIN for the password you logged-in with.
4. Whether this is a NEW account or not, continue here:
   1. Type the following command EXACTLY AS SHOWN (the number of spaces (blanks) is not important, as long as there is at least one blank after the "mkdir" command).

      Press the enter key after the command.
      

      mkdir

      public_html

You may now type:
      exit

READ THE FOLLOWING. It is part of the assignment.

Your web page directory is now set up. After this, any files you need to have, including your home page (index.html), must be placed IN your "public_html" directory. To do this, use the following method: Open WIndows Explorer (NOT Internet Explorer) or My Computer. Navigate tothe Public_html folder. Drag the file to this folder.

If you are using a website OTHER THAN the one at BU,
Open the Windows program "WS_FTP" or the MAC program "Fetch". Double-click on the folder symbol for public_html in the right-hand window to get to the proper directory, then transfer the files. (The name, "public_html" will appear in the SMALL window above the list of files, at the end of the path, not in the big window with the list of files.)

After inserting a file into your public_html directory, it will be accessible by others.

Your primary webpage (called a home page) MUST be named:

Other files may have any names you care to give them.

Notes on FTP

©D.J. Foreman 9/28/07