Creating a “Private” directory in your home directory (U: drive)

Creating a "Private" directory in your home directory (U: drive).

This directory should be used as the location to store files that you do not want others users to access.

Introduction:

All user home directories are stored on harddisks that are attached to UNIX computers.
To create a directory in your home directory you must open a "SSH" connection to a UNIX computer and run a series of UNIX commands.
We usually use SSH to do our LETS. In this case, we'll use it to connect to an engineering UNIX server.

Procedure:

From the Start menu, find the "F-Secure SSH" program group and select the "F-Secure SSH" command.

When the connection window appears, enter engcad1 for the Host Name. Then enter your UNIX User Name, Password, and hit OK. This will establish a connection to the UNIX server called engcad1.

Once logged in, type the following UNIX commands:

mkdir private

chmod 700 private

logout

This will make a directory called private and set the permissions so that only you can access this directory. This new directory will be located in your home directory.