A illustrated guide to help CS115 students to submit their assignments when the Odyssey system fails.

1. Allan Caine October 22, 2009 How to Submit Assignments when Odyssey is Slow or Fails

2. Outline Download and Install Your Client Software FTP your Files to Your UNIX Account Submit your Files through a UNIX Shell 2

3. Assumptions For Windows (I don’t own a MAC) Submitting from your own laptop or PC; i.e. you are NOT using a lab computer We are trying to submit A4 You are connected to the Internet, obviously 3

4. Downloading Your Client Software Go to http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/istweb/isthomepage.htm/ Click on the link entitled Get Software Click on the link entitled Software Depot Click on the link entitled Windows SSH Client Enter your UW userid and Quest password Click on the link entitled Download the Latest Software 4

5. Installing your Client Software Run the Installer Program you just downloaded Follow all of the installer prompts Allow the installer to put icons on your desktop Once the installation process is finished, you should see two icons on your desktop that look like this: 5 Step #2 Step #1

6. Overview 6 Your laptop cpu02.student.cs.uwaterloo.ca Auto-marker

7. FTPing your Files Run the FTP Program Click on Quick Connect 7

8. Connect to the Remote Host Enter the Host Name Enter your UW userid Click on Connect The host name is cpu02.student.cs.uwaterloo.ca 8

9. Enter your Password Enter your UNIX account password; i.e. the password that is NOT your Quest password Click OK 9

10. Prepare a Directory on Remote 10

11. Expand the cs115 Directory We double-clickedon the cs115 folderto expand it. 11

12. Create your a4 directory 12

13. Expand your new a4 directory Double-clickon the a4 folderto expand it. 13

14. The Remote Host is Ready 14

15. Locate Your Files on Local 15

16. Drag the files from Local to Remote 16

17. Open a Secure Shell 17

18. We are now at a UNIX prompt 18

19. The commands to Enter cd cs115 cd a4 submit cs115 a4 . logout 19

20. Your Screen after Commands 1 & 2 20

21. Just about to Submit 21

22. After Submission 22

23. Logout 23

24. Disconnect your FTP Session 24

25. After FTP Session Disconnects 25

26. Final Notes Try and use Odyssey first; arguably, it is easier Use this approach only when it appears the Odyssey is slow or appears to be failing You can use the approach repeatedly, but you will be warned that you are trying to overwrite files when FTPing your new files to Remote; generally, you want to respond “Yes” to overwrite warnings At the time of writing, there is no word on how A3 late submissions will be handled 26