Subaru Account Features
Subaru Account Features
There are two types of accounts on Subaru: an email account and a standard/shell
account. The only difference is that the email account ONLY features email,
and the standard account features much much more.
Email Account
Email accounts simply provide email. You may access these email accounts one
of two ways: either through your chose mail client, or through the webmail
interface. The webmail interface may be accessed here.
If you choose to use your current email client, use these settings:
Host/Server (incoming): ericneill.com [IMAP - not POP3]
Port (incoming): 143
Username: your account's username
Email Address: your_account's_username@ericneill.com
Host/Server (outgoing): whatever server you are currently using, or your ISP's server
Standard Account
These accounts currently provide: a shell account, an ftp account, web space,
as well as all the features of an email account. How to access these features
is detailed below.
A shell account allows you to login to subaru and run linux commands directly on the server.
To access the shell account, you first need an ssh client. I reccomend the
free version of SSH (Windows Only), located here.
Once you have the client, create a profile to login to server "ericneill.com" (port not necessary). Use the same username and password as you signed up with.
An ftp account allows you to transfer files to and from subaru. The SSH client
I reccomended earlier provides a file transfer method, however, it is not over standard ftp.
There are 2 ways to access ftp in windows. First is through internet explorer. Open internet explorer and type in ftp://ericneill.com in the address bar.
In IE7, you will need to tell it to use Windows Explorer. Those instructions are provided then.
The second way is through an actual ftp client. I reccomend the SmartFTP client, found here.
Simply enter the server name (ericneill.com), username, and password to connect.
Your webspace is simply an extension of the other two exclusive features. Your webspace features MySQL access, PHP scripting, and will support CGI scripts and whatever else you may need upon request.
To use this webspace is extremely simple. Place your website files in ~/public_html (for example, if your username is "sarah", you would put them in /home/sarah/public_html).
Once the files are there, your website is live. Your URL will be http://www.ericneill.com/~username, where username is your username. As in the example, her URL would be http://www.ericneill.com/~sarah.
If you have any questions, please email the server's administrator at eric@simud.org.