Remote Login using telnet:

Unix Commands illustrated in screen captures on this page:  ls (list),  ls -a  (list all),  ls -l (list long), passwd (change password), pwd (print working directory), cd (change directory) and  mkdir (make a new directory).

Changing your password: 

1.  In your browsers location or address bar enter:  telnet://chevy.csesp.umflint.edu/ as illustrated in the screen capture below.  (Or you can just follow the telnet hyperlink above.)

  

2.  This should cause a telnet window to open where you will be prompted to login.   Here you should type your unique name, for your login and your password.  Note, input by me is highlighted in yellow.  

3.  After entering your  Unique Name and  Unique name again as password, just press the return key, and you will be presented with a welcome screen as illustrated below.   Note, the password you enter does not display

4. The screen capture  below illustrates execution of a couple variations of the  unix list  commands before changing my password.   The magenta highlighted text illustrates commands I entered during this telnet session.   You will not see magenta on your screen.    Note directories are displayed in blue in this listing.

5. The command to change your password is:  passwd  Note, as is always,  in Unix the command is case sensitive, so it must be entered in all lower case letters.  You will be prompted to enter your old password, then what you would like as your new password.  (Your password must be longer than 6 characters.)

Creating an images subdirectory under your directory  public_html:

In the screen capture below I changed to my subdirectory public_html (cd public_html) and  I executed the command to make a new directory named  images ( mkdir images), then  executed a long listing of files and directories under my public_html subdirectory.  

Again, note the   highlighted text were commands entered by me from the command line, and are highlighted magenta for emphasis here, your telnet screen will be all black and white.   In this listing again we see, directories listed in blue, html files in gray, and executable programs Perl & PHP in green.

Here are a few more references on Unix commands:.

• Unix Commands and Unix Commands for DOS users.
• Understanding Unix filenames:
• In the Unix environment, files and directories have File permission attributes.
• UNIX Tutorials from webreference.com

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