FTP into school web-space

Objective:

Open the MIS portal (MIS administrator only)

Using a web browser open http://mis.eq.edu.au/
Log in with your administrator account
Browse to "Administration >> Manage User >> Password Reset"
Select the "MIS ID" radio button
Enter the school FTP user account - "webusr.XXXX"
- Review the MIS manual - 8.2.4 for further information or...
- Contact "Web Publishing" via the Service Centre for further information
Click "Select" (this will pull up your FTP login account)
Reset the password to something secure
- Warning:do not email this password as this is NOT secure...
Log out of the MIS

FTP into your school website

Using a web browser - navigate to you school website
Copy the path - Remove the http:// and change to ftp.
- from http://schooldomain.eq.edu.au/
- to ftp.schooldomain.eq.edu.au
Using and FTP program (e.g. fillzilla - ws_ftp - cuteFtp)
- Enter connection address as: ftp.schooldomain.eq.edu.au
- Enter account as: "webusr.XXXX" (XXXX = school code)
- Enter password as: (what you set it to...)
Click "connect" to open you to your school webspace

Warning: These files are "live" and should not be deleted without accurate knowledge as to whether the files are required

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This page was last reviewed on 08 Nov 2010