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PuTTY is a free open source (MIT-licensed) Win32 Telnet console, network file transfer application, and SSH client. Various protocols like Telnet, SCP, and SSH are supported by PuTTY. It has the ability to connect to a serial port. See the
How to Install PuTTY SSH for Windows
knowledge base article for download and installation instructions.
Prerequisites
Mason Cluster account
PuTTY Application
Note
: Verify that you have the
pscp
file included in your
putty.exe
folder, as this is responsible for uploading files. You should set your
server upload permissions
before you upload your files onto your server. Below is a list of PuTTY commands:
How to Upload Files
Step 1
Create your custom
index.html
folder and have it ready to be uploaded to your
public_html
folder.
Step 2
Type:
>pscp source_filename userid@server_name:/path_destination_filename
Example:
>pscp index.html
[email protected]
:/public_html
Note
: The file
index.html
does not have a source path because it is placed in the PuTTY folder directly. In all other cases, you will have to specify the source path of that file.
Step 3
After you are done, open your website by typing in
mason.gmu.edu/~username
in the browser to see your files.
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