How to FTP to solix

There will be many times when you will want to download information from the web into your solix account. One of the easiest ways to do this is to:

1. Download the information to a PC using Netscape. For most of the information that you find on the web, you can either click or right-click an item and you will be given the opportunity to download it. You will also be able to specify a destination, when at the school choose c:\ as the destination.
2. Once you have the information on a PC, use the FTP program to connect to your solix account
   • remote host: solix.fiu.edu
   • username: use your solix username, eg jsmith01
   • password: use your solix password
   • remote directory: you want the www directory in your solix directory. Specify your solix directory by placing a ~ in front of your user name, then append /www, eg ~jsmith01/www
   • specify an ASCII transfer if you are transferring text, specify a binary transfer if you are transferring graphics files, audio files, or programs.
   • connect, and then transfer the files you want.
3. It may be necessary to change the access rights of any files that you uploaded. To check, first see if you can access the new files from a web browser. If you get a Forbidden error, then you will need to change the access rights as follows
   • Telnet to solix
   • Change to you web directory: cd www
   • Issue the command chmod 644 *