Instructions to Upload from Calvin Hall
The first step in uploading your web page files to the KSU
server requires that you log into UNIX (the name given to
the university mainframe and the operating system that
runs it).
1. To log into UNIX in the CBA lab, go to the
START MENU, locate PuTTY and then select
PuTTY again
2. When the PuTTY Configuration screen appears,
enter the Host Name as:
unix.ksu.edu Then, click Open.
3. YOU MIGHT SEE A MESSAGE
BOX POP UP INDICATING
THAT THE SERVER’S HOST
KEY IS NOT CACHED IN THE
REGISTRY. CLICK YES.
4. Login with your eID and password.
5. Once logged in, you will see a unix
prompt (pub2% or something similiar)
6. Next, you want to change some of the
file permissions for your unix directory
so that others can read some of the files
placed in your home directory. Type in
the following commands at the %
prompt EXACTLY AS YOU SEE
TYPED, INCLUDING THE SPACE
SEPARATING EACH
WORD/COMMAND.
chmod
chmod
g-s
~
og+xs ~
You must type the chmod command exactly as it is listed here. If each step is done correctly,
nothing will appear to happen. You should see the % prompt. The ~ stands for your home or
main directory. These commands will allow people to access files and directories in your home
directory that have world read and/or execute permission.
7. Next, you will create a directory named .html in your home directory and give it appropriate
permissions. This is where the web server will look for all of your public files. Type in the
following command:
mkdir ~/.html
If/when you see mkdir: Failed to make directory "/homes/yourname/.html"; File exists,
just ignore it and move on to the next command, and type in:
chmod g-s,og+xs ~/.html
The chmod command will allow everyone to access files and directories that are world readable
and/or executable in your .html directory.
8. After completing this step,
minimize the UNIX terminal.
9. Now, it is now time to upload
your files to the .html directory
using an ftp program.
10. If you are working in the CBA
lab, you will use a program
called WinSCP. You can find
the WinSCP program in the
START MENU
of your computer.
11. Once WinSCP opens, you
will need to type in the host
name of unix.ksu.edu
Next, enter your eID/user
name and your password.
Then, click Login.
12. YOU MIGHT SEE A
MESSAGE BOX POP UP
INDICATING THAT THE
SERVER’S HOST KEY IS
NOT CACHED IN THE
REGISTRY. CLICK YES.
13. If an Authentication
Banner appears, click
Continue.
14. If you see an errror box indicating “Invalid access to memory”, click OK.
15. The left-hand side of the screen shows your local site (local drives that you have available).
Navigate to the
storage media that you
are using and
click/double click it so
that you can see the
individual files that
make up your web
site.
16. The right-hand side of
the screen shows the
remote site (the
directories within your
unix storage space).
Notice the .html
directory/folder (it
may be difficult to initially see). Once the
transfer process begins, you will place the
individual files that make up your web
site in the .html folder.
17. Click/double click the .html folder to
open it up. Initially, it will be empty.
18. To ftp/upload your files, you will simply
use drag-and-drop to copy EACH
INDIVIDUAL FILE from your local site
(your storage media) over to the remote site
(your html folder). DO NOT DRAG THE
FOLDER CONTAINING YOUR WEB
SITE FILES. Instead, drag the files
INSIDE THE FOLDER. Make sure that
you copy each of the files that make your web site work from the left side over to the right side.
Otherwise, whatever you don’t copy over won’t show up when your site is viewed in a web
browser.
19. If/when a Copy dialog box appears, click the Copy button.
Dragging from left-to-right is how you upload your files to the server.
Please be aware that dragging from
right-to-left is how you download files
from the server onto your storage
media.
MAKE SURE THAT YOU SEND OVER THE INDIVIDUAL FILES AND ANY
FOLDERS ASSOCATIED WITH THOSE FILES THAT WERE CREATED BY AN
HTML EDITOR.
20. After you have transferred all of your files over to the unix storage area, verify that their
spellings and capitalizations match how you typed them into your code. If you see an
inconsistency, you will need to fix it (rename the file or fix your code and then ftp again). In
addition, verify that you did indeed upload ALL OF THE FILES THAT MAKE YOUR WEB
SITE WORK, including all .htm files and all picture/image files. Note: You must have the
same file names in your UNIX account as you do in your index file or any other web page
file that you create. If the file names are different or inconsistent, then one or more
components of your web page won’t work.The next step is to go back to your UNIX terminal
and set the permissions on your HTML files so that they are world readable and executable.
Maximize your UNIX terminal and type the following command:
chmod ugo+rx ~/.html/*
21. The final step is to set the permissions for any folder that was created by an editor that you also
transferred over. The general form for setting permissions for a folder is:
chmod ugo+rx ~/.html/foldername/*
For instance, lets pretend that I have a folder called Doc3_files. The command used to set the
permissions for that folder is:
chmod ugo+rx ~/.html/Doc3_files/*
Using the above steps, set the permissions for ALL FOLDERS that were created by the
editor that you decided to use.
22. After setting the permissions for all folders, click the REFRESH button associate with the
right-hand side of the WinSCP screen.
23. Notice the rights associated
with each file seen in the
picture. You should also see
those same rights associated
with all of the files in your
html folder. If one or more
of your files does not have
those rights associated with
them, then those will be
elements that will not display
on your actual web site. All
files should have the rights of
rwxr-xr-x
If you have any items in your folder that do not have those rights, then you will need to type in
the chmod ugo+rx ~/.html/* command again (and maybe even the chmod ugo+rx
~/.html/foldername/* command as well).
24. Once you are certain all of the elements that make up your web site have the correct rights, it is
now time to bring up your web browser. Your home page can now be referenced with the URL
http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~eID/
(substitute your own eID in place of the letters eID. If you were visiting my personal site,
you would type in http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~bkovar
Remember, there is no need to enter the name of the file if you named your page index.htm or
index.html.
REMEMBER TO GO BACK AND TEST OUT YOUR PAGE TO MAKE SURE THAT
EVERYTHING LOADS PROPERLY AND THE LINKS WORK.
25. If you discover that your web site contains one or more errors, then you will need to fix
your code/page and then upload it to the server once again.
 If all you are doing is fixing a file and then replacing the old contents with the new
contents, transferring from the left-hand side of the ftp screen to the right-hand side is all
that you should need to do.
 If you have deleted an existing file from the right-hand side or if you are uploading a file
you forgot to upload earlier, then you will need to set the permissions for the file to be
readable and executable. That means that you will need to type in the following command
at the unix prompt:
chmod ugo+rx ~/.html/*
 If you ever need to upload a folder again, you will need to type in the following
command at the unix prompt:
chmod ugo+rx ~/.html/foldername/* (substituting the name of the folder for my foldername wording)