You can connect to Igor using a program called 'Secure Shell Client'
which is installed on all Windows PC's in the Department's labs. Igor
does not allow connections using traditional Unix programs such as
telnet and ftp as these are fundamentally insecure protocols which
can leave servers open to attack from hackers.
To connect to the DoC server Igor from outside the University, you will
need an account with an Internet Service Provider (ISP) that provides
you with a connection to the Internet. You can then connect to Igor
using a secure shell client (see 2 above) at the following address:
Within the Goldsmiths network, Windows allows you to access
files residing on local network servers (such as Igor) as if they
were actually stored on your own PC. This is done by 'mapping'
your space on the server to a virtual disk in Windows, which you
can then use as if it were an ordinary disk (like the C: drive). To map your space on Igor, do the following: You should then be able to access your space on Igor using
the drive-letter you selected above. Publishing web-pages on Igor is simply a matter of creating
a directory called 'public_html' within your home-directory on
Igor and copying your HTML (and related) files into it. Your
pages will then be visible on the World-Wide-Web. For example, suppose user ma007 copies a file called mypage.html
to their public_html directory. This page could be accessed using
the following URL: If your browser displays a message something like 'Forbidden -
You do not have permission to access this page', you will need
to change the default file-permissions of your files on Igor to make
them accessible. To do this, you need to connect to Igor using
'Secure Shell Client' (or equivalent) and type the following two
lines: The first line makes your home-directory and your public_html
directory accessible and the second line makes the files within
public_html readable. If you can login to computers in the library but not in the
DoC labs (WB300/WB316/HH15/HH16), it may be that you need to be added to
the DoC user group. This is usually because you are an international
student or are taking an DoC course as part of a degree run by another
department. If this applies to you, please send an email specifying your
username to sysadmin@doc.gold.ac.uk
to get yourself added to the DoC user group.
2) How do I connect to Igor from outside the University?
igor.gold.ac.uk
3) How can I access my files on Igor from Windows?
\\igor\homes
4) How do I publish my web-pages on Igor?
http://doc.gold.ac.uk/~ma007/mypage.html
chmod o+x $HOME $HOME/public_html
chmod o+r $HOME/public_html/*
5) Why can't I login on the computers in WB300/WB316?
Last modified by
Eamonn Martin
on 24-January-02