Remote access to EES systems

by John Weber, 22 September 2008

Remote shell access and SFTP file transfers

Note: These servers do not provide remote shell access using SSH or file transfers using SFTP to EES account holders.

• bedrock.nmt.edu
• ees.nmt.edu
• www.ees.nmt.edu

Currently, there is no official login server to allow remote shell access using SSH or file transfers using SFTP. It is planned to have a designated server to provide these services in the future. This functionality can be achieved using any of the Mac or Solaris machines in MSEC345.The available machines are:

Providing access for anonymous file downloads

There is no longer an EES FTP server. To provide anonymous download access to files you need to create a www or public_html directory on your EES account and place the files to be accessible for download in that directory. Then provide the URL for the exact file name (eg., http://www.ees.nmt.edu/~username/somefile.zip) to the person(s) needing access, and the file can be downloaded using http.

Make sure that your file has the necessary file permissions to allow downloading. The user's home directory needs to be world executable and the www or public_html directory and file to download need to be world readable. To do this, execute the following commands at a shell prompt in order:

• cd
• chmod 711 .
• chmod 755 www
• chmod 644 www/somefile.zip

Note the dot at the end of the second command. Substitute your filename and path for somefile.zip.

If you want a web directory containing files to give a file listing, create a text file in that directory named .htaccess containing the following.

Options +Indexes