Login/Access Queries
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Login/Access Queries
Can I access my college drive (u:) from home?
Difficulty Rating: 2
If you wish to access your college drive from home, simply login to NetSoc via Putty or SSH and type udriveconf. You'll be asked for your student account details and whether or not you wish to mount StudentDistrib. After running this script your files should be available in the udrive/ directory on your home directory. You can access these files with WinSCP once logged in with PuTTY/SSH. You'll need to run the udriveconf script again when you change your student password or change class.
How can I access MySQL?
Difficulty Rating: 5
To use your MySQL account, you can use the mysql utilities from within putty/ssh. Simply type man mysql for instructions on how to do so. Please note that you must request a mysql account to be activated for you prior to using these features, to do so, please use our contact page.
If you would prefer, there is also a web interface to your mysql database here
How do I access my files from a lab?
Difficulty Rating: 2
To access your files from a lab within the college, you can simply mount the drive in My Computer, and it will appear just like a normal drive, similar to the way in which your college network drive does.
However, instead of just 50mb of space, we provide you with 2GB of space. To mount your NetSoc drive from any lab, use the Samba Script, found here on our downloads page. Please Note: NetSoc will not be held liable for any project work lost due to downtime our other circumstances beyond our control. All files are backed up on a regular basis, but not as regular as DIT's servers due to limited resources.
How do I access my files from home?
Difficulty Rating: 3
To access your files from home, use WinSCP. For instructions on how to do so, please see the answer to How do i login via (S)FTP?
How do I access my subversion repository?
Difficulty Rating: 5
Firstly, If you havent already created one, you will need to setup a new repository for yourself. Once that is done, you can access the repository using either the command-line tool, or via a client program. From command-line you can check-in files to the repository by using the command:
svn import /path/to/files http://localhost/svn/your-username
Where /path/to/files is the directory of the files you want to check in, and replace your-username with your actually username. Note the three (3) forward-slashes after file: There are several command-line tools available for use with SubVersion, some of which are listed below:
- Subclipse
- RapidSVN
- kdesvn
- Zigversion (Mac OS X)
- Quicksilver plugin(Mac OS X)
- TortoiseSVN (Windows)
For more information SubVersion and version control systems please see here and here.
How do I login to a Virtual/Graphical Desktop?
Difficulty Rating: 4
For users who wish to use NetSoc through a graphical interface, just like using their desktop PC at home or in a lab, we provide a remote desktop facility. For full instructions on how to do this, please follow the Remote Desktop tutorial: Remote_Desktop_Queries
Please Note: To use remote desktops, you will require Putty and VNC Viewer, which are both available on our downloads page.
How do I login via (S)FTP?
Difficulty Rating: 1
For security reasons, secure ftp is used on NetSoc as opposed to standard ftp, to login via secure ftp from Windows, we recommend using WinSCP, which is available here. To login via WinSCP, start the application, and in the Host Name box enter netsoc.dit.ie , next enter your username and password in the relevant boxes and click Login.
This will open a window with two panes. The pane on the left shows files on your computer, the pane on the right shows files on your account on NetSoc. Files can be transferred to and from your account by simply dragging and dropping the files across.
How do I login via SSH/Putty?
Difficulty Rating: 1
To login via Putty, open the putty application and enter netsoc.dit.ie into the box where it says Host Name (or IP Address) make sure the SSH option is selected and that the Port is 22. Then click Open, a new window will appear and you will be asked for your username and password.
To login via ssh (from a Mac or Linux Command-Line Shell). Simply type:
ssh netsoc.dit.ie -l username substituting username for your own username. You will then be prompted for your password.
To get Putty, please visit our downloads page.
