Assuming You are Logged into a MathLab 200SEO Computer:

1. Double Click on the Terminal Icon on Dock at the Right;

2. In the Terminal Window, Type the Communication Command:

   telnet  icarus.uic.edu

   and Press the Enter Key;

   • After the Prompt "Login:", Type

     [Your-icarus-LoginID]

     and Press the Enter Key (Note any thing in square brackets {"[ ... ]"} needs to be replaced by you with something particular to your account);

   • After the Prompt "Password:", Type

     [Your-icarus-Password]

     and Press the Enter Key;

3. On the icarus Command Line, Enter the Unix Make-Directory Command:

   mkdir  public_html

   and Press the Enter Key (if you already have a public_html directory on icarus (you should), you will get a message saying that, ignore it, and just continue fixing the file permissions next);

4. Type the Unix Change Mode Commands to Make Your Web and Home Directory ReadableEXecutable (+rx) to All (a):

   chmod  a+rx  public_html

   chmod  a+rx  ~

   and Press the Enter Key each time (Watch Out for the Tilde "~"! You can check permissions by the long list command "ls -l");

5. Type the Unix Change Directory Command:

   cd  public_html

   and Press the Enter Key;

6. Type the FTP File Transfer Command to Get to Your MathLab Web Files:

   ftp lou.math.uic.edu

   and Press the Enter Key;

   • After the Prompt "Login:", Type:

     [Your-MathLab-LoginID]

     and Press the Enter Key;

   • After the Prompt "Password:", Type:

     [Your-MathLab-Password]

     and Press the Enter Key;

   • After the FTP Prompt "ftp>", Type to Change to Your Web Directory:

     cd  public_html

     and Press the Enter Key;

   • After the FTP Prompt "ftp>", Type the Binary Files Option:

     bin

     and Press the Enter Key;

   • After the FTP Prompt "ftp>", Type the Multiple Get Files Command:

     mget *

     and Press the Enter Key;

     • If You Need the File, Press the Enter Key or Type y for yes;

     • Else Type n for no;

   • When Done Transferring FIles, After the FTP Prompt "ftp>", Type:

     bye

7. Finally, On the icarus Command Line, Type the Change Mode Command to Make Your Web Files Readable:

   chmod  a+r  *

   and Press the Enter Key (the "*" is a "wildcard" meaning any file);

8. Also, if you have image source files that have animation, On the icarus Command Line, Type the Change Mode Command to Make Your Web Files Readable&Executable:

   chmod  a+rx  *.gif *.jpg *.tiff *.JPG
   

   and Press the Enter Key (add any image file formats that have been left off this list of GIF, JPG and TIFF files);

9. Returning to Your MathLab OmniWeb (OW) Browser, Click on Open URL or Alt-O and Type in the Open URL Window:

   http://www2.uic.edu/~[Your-icarus-LoginID]
   

   (Watch Out for the Tilde "~"! If all you get is a gray browser window, try the browser "Reload (Alt-u)" command.);

   • If Your WebPage Pops Up on icarus, Then logout of icarus and You Are DONE!

   • If Your WebPage Does NOT Pop Up on icarus, Then CALL Prof. Hanson or Ms. Asna Afzal.

Caution: If you have files that you want to keep private, you may want to check that making your webpage readable to all did not change that privacy: Type the Unix long list command:

"ls -l",

and if there is the

"-rw-------"

mark on the for files and

"drwx------"

for directories other than

"public_html"

(which should look like "drwxr-xr-x 22 [icarus-id] 10240 Sep 30 16:43 public_html/")

there should be not problem. Otherwise, on icarus type

"chmod go-rwx *;chmod a+rx public_html"

without quotes and Press Enter.