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If you cannot find the help you need on this page, please contact a member of the Ops Team.

Also, please note that due to restrictions on the UCD network, logging in via a UCD Wireless Hotspot will only work within the Computer Science building. To log in from elsewhere on campus you will need to use a wired LAN point or one of the computer rooms. This doesn't affect users logging in from off-campus locations.

Logging in to your shell account (Windows):

First, you will need to download PuTTY from the menu on the left. When you run PuTTY, you will be presented with a configuration dialog. Set the Host Name to "netsoc.com" and the Port to "22", omitting the quotation marks in both cases. Ensure that SSH is selected as the Connection Type. If you wish, you may select "Default Settings" in the Saved Sessions list and click Save, to set these settings as the default ones for future use. Clicking Open should connect your computer to Hespera, Netsoc's primary server. The server is not yet known to your computer so you will get a warning message asking if you wish to add it to your list of hosts. You will then be asked to enter your username and password to access the server.

Logging in to your shell account (MacOS X and Unix-like systems):

Open a Terminal session (in MacOS X this can be found in the Utilities folder, on Linux systems the Terminal will usual be in the System Tools or Utilities folder of the Application launcher, and may be called Konsole). Type "ssh username@netsoc.com" where username is replaced by your actual username, omitting the quotation marks and press Enter. The server is not yet known to your computer so you will get a warning message asking if you wish to add it to your list of hosts. You will then be asked to enter your username and password to access the server.

Using your webspace and storage space (Windows):

First, you will need to download WinSCP from the menu on the left. When you run WinSCP, you will be presented with a configuration dialog. Set the Host Name to "netsoc.com" and the Port Number to "22", omitting the quotation marks in both cases. Input your Netsoc username and password. Ensure that SFTP is selected as the File Protocol. If you wish, you may select Stored Sessions from the menu on the left and click New to enter and save these settings for future use. Clicking Login should connect your computer to Hespera, Netsoc's primary server. On the left hand side you will see a local directory on your computer. On the right hand side you will see your user directory on the Netsoc server. Dragging and dropping files from one side to the other allows you to store and retrieve files on the server. There is a subdirectory called "public_html" in your user directory. This folder is for storing your webpages, and by default files added to this folder can be accessed from the internet with an address such as "http://username.netsoc.com/filename.html" where username is your actual username and filename.html is the name of a HTML file stored within public_html.