Students

The Students website is a Linux webserver maintained for students in select courses offered by the Games and Interactive Media department in NSCM. It allows current students to store and retrieve their work. For one semester after graduation, student alumni will still have access to this for their job portfolio.

Webserver Credentials

Students hoping to access the students server can do so with the following credentials below while on the VPN. If this is your first time attempting to access the Students Webserver, see the Connection Guide to get started. You can use SSH or STFP and on login your directory should be created; if it did not exist previously.

• Hostname: net5046.net.ucf.edu
• *User*: NID (ex. jo123456)
• *Password*: NID password.
• Use the UCF account password reset tool if needed.
• If there have been too many login attempts your account may be locked out for 15 to 30 minutes. Resetting your password does not change the lockout time.
• Port: 22 (when needed)

Key Terms

• *localUserAccount*: This is the user directory on your local machine, it may be different from your NID.

Browser Directory Access

Before searching for your directory on the browser, it must of been created, see Connection Guide on how to do that. The URL to access any files and folders in your personal public_html folder follows this pattern:

https://students.gaim.ucf.edu/~*User*/

For example, if my *User* is jo123456, then I can access the file index.html in my public_html folder at the URL:

https://students.gaim.ucf.edu/~jo123456/public_html/index.html

Ask the professor for more information about using the student server to complete class assignments.

Accessing phpMyAdmin

PHPMyAdmin is used to manage your personal database. To gain access you must have already created your Students Webserver directory, see Connection Guide on how to do that. Once you have done so, you can find the needed information in the ~*User*/.db-credentials file, in your Students Webserver directory, by using SSH or SFTP to retrieve it. The 'DB_USERNAME' and 'DB_PASSWORD' values, in that file, are required to login.

If there are any issues that cannot be resolved, email (do not Webcourse message) the professor for which the question is relevant and CC:

Write a detailed message including ALL steps taken and the errors received. Be sure to reply all when responding. This way the webserver support can help if the professor is unable to resolve the issue.