Welcome to Vault
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Vault?
How do I access a person’s web
pages?
How is it organized?
What is my username and password?
How do I access my home directory?
What
is the BACKUP directory?
What
is the public_html directory?
What is the protected directory
inside the public_html directory?
Does it have FTP access?
Does it have SSH access?
Does it have MySQL Databases?
What is Vault?
Vault
is a Web and File server that is provided for all hanover student and faculty.
It allows everyone to have webspace that is accessably at http://vault.hanover.edu/~username. The files can be uploaded to vault by a FTP client, or by
browsing vault directly from any lab computer. The files would be placed into
the public_html directory of your home directory.
How do I access a person’s web
pages?
If you are looking for a
particular person's web pages, the syntax for the URL is:
http://vault.hanover.edu/~username/
Where username is replaced by the person's email address without the
@hanover.edu
Example: The web page
for somebody@hanover.edu would be http://vault.hanover.edu/~somebody
How is it organized?
Each
user of vault will have the following directory setup for them by default as
follows:
-User
home
-BACKUP
-public_html
-protected
What is my username and password?
Your
username and password are the same as your email without the @hanover.edu, and
your email password. When you are prompted for your username and password enter campus\username for your username, and your email password.
How do I access my home directory?
On Campus
Windows
XP
Vault
can be accessed by going to start->run in Windows XP and typing \\vault.
Windows
Vista/7/8/8.1
Press the Windows key and type \\vaultEnter campus\username and your password.
Campus Computer Labs
Press the Windows key and type \\vault
Off
Campus
Web
All files that are placed in the public_html folder can be accessed
at http://vault.hanover.edu/~username/.
FTP
Your entire home directory is can be accessed by FTPing to
ftp://vault.hanover.edu
What
is the BACKUP directory?
Every
night the contents of your home directory are copied into the BACKUP directory
where there is only read only permission. This is so if you accidently delete a
file, or want yesterday’s copy of a file you can retrieve it from the BACKUP
folder.
What
is the public_html directory?
The public_html directory in your home directory is a place where
you can put .html, .htm, .php, and .pl, and have the files accessible at http://vault.hanover.edu/~username. The default view is a directory listing. If a file named
index.html, or index.php, then that will be the file that is shown by default.
What is the protected directory
inside the public_html directory?
The
protected directory inside vault is a secure web folder that you can place
files into. These files can be accessed at http://vault.hanover.edu/~username/protected using only your username and password.
Does it have FTP access?
Yes, vault can be accessed off
campus by using ftp://vault.hanover.edu. This is already setup with your username and password.
Does
it have SSH access?
Vault does have SSH access, but it
is not turned on for every user by default. If you would like it turned on, you
can contact the Hanover I.T. department at help@hanover.edu.
Does
it have MySQL Databases?
Vault does have MySQL Databases,
but you will have to contact the Hanover I.T. department to setup. You can
contact the Hanover I.T. department at help@hanover.edu.