1. Click Start on Taskbar.
  2. Select Run.
  3. Type telnet hills.ccsf.cc.ca.us (or, telnet hills.ccsf.org)
  4. At the login prompt, enter your hills userid.
    • All letters are lower case.
    • No spaces or special characters.
  5. At the Password: prompt enter your hills password.
  6. Passwords must be 6 to 8 characters long.
  7. They must contain at least 2 letters and one number.
  8. If this is your first login, the initial student password is your birthday entered as:
                     mmmddyy,   e.g., jan0180 for Jan. 1, 1980
  9. The $ prompt indicates that you have successfully logged in.
  10. IMPORTANT NOTE: The first time you login you will be prompted to change your 
    password.  You MUST choose a new password which has at least 6 characters, of 
    which at least one is a number, and at least two are letters.
  11. Type setup to create your public_html directory and give permission to your 
    files.
  12. Type exit to log out.

Some other useful unix commands:

  • Type ll to list files (i.e., LL lower case)
  • Type ls -al to list all files (including hidden files)
  • Type cd public_html to change directory into your public directory
  • Type rm -r foldername (no spaces) to delete folders and their contents
  • For detailed instructions regarding logging in uploading web pages, go to

        http://www.ccsf.cc.ca.us/helpdesk/     (select Handouts)

Using WS_FTP LE to Upload Your Web Pages

If you need to download WS_FTP_LE, click on the button or hyperlink below and follow the download instructions: 

( Ipswitch's WS_FTP Limited Edition ™, the world's most popular FTP client for Windows):

WS_FTP LE (32-bit) 5.08

Transfer files over the Internet.
OS: Windows 95/98/NT   License: Free

Once you have the FTP program installed on your computer:

  1. Get into the FTP program by double-clicking the FTP icon.
  2. When the Session Profile window appears, select "hills" as the Profile Name if necessary, and the Host Name/Address as shown below.  If you cannot select hills, then you may have to click on "New" to create a hills profile. Be sure to type in your User ID (Student ID) and password as also shown below.  Do not check the Save Password box!  Click OK.



  3. The FTP window will have two sides.  The files on the left side are the location of your file on the local computer.  The files on the right side are of your remote site.  Remember that your web site needs to be transferred from your local site to the public_html folder on the remote site.  You can double-click a folder to open it.  You can also highlight a drive letter and click the ChgDir button to select that drive.



  4. To upload files from your web site on your local system to the public_html folder on your remote system, first highlight all of the files and/or folders on your local system that you want to transfer.  Then use the right-arrow button in the middle of the FTP window to transfer the files.  Make sure that you are transferring files into your public_html folder on your remote site.  Be careful!  Transferring files from your local system with the same name replaces existing files on the remote system without warning.
  5. Note that depending on the amount of data that you are transferring, this process could take 10-20 minutes or longer.

Giving Permission To Access Your Web Site

After files are transferred, you need to give permission to everyone to access 
your web site.  This requires that you log into your student account in the same
manner as you did when you first set up your student account.

  1. Click Start on Taskbar.
  2. Select Run.
  3. Type telnet hills.ccsf.cc.ca.us (or, telnet hills.ccsf.org)



  4. At the login prompt, enter your hills userid and Press the enter key.
  5. At the Password prompt enter your hills password and press the enter key.
  6. The $ prompt indicates that you have successfully logged in.
  7. At the $ prompt, type setup, and then press the enter key.
  8. You should get a message saying Done.  
  9. Type exit and press the enter key to log out.

You have now given permission for everyone to access your web site.

Updated 12/17/2001