Activate your Mason Cluster account

In order to create a website on Mason, you need to activate your Mason Cluster account. Your Mason Cluster account is not the same as your GMU/MEMO email account.

You can activate your account (or change your password) using a web interface: https://mason.gmu.edu/ISO/SysEng/Mason/account.html

Once you have activated your account, you need to connect to the Mason server:

Using SSH (Windows):

1. Open up the Secure Shell Client (Not the File Transfer Client).
2. Hit Quick Connect and enter mason.gmu.edu for the Host Name, and your username.
3. If this is your first time connecting, you'll probably get a few warning messages. Push OK to clear those.
4. Enter your mason.gmu.edu password At this point, you should have a mason> prompt.

Using Terminal (Mac OS X/Linux)

1. Open up the Terminal application (Located in Applications/Utilities)
2. Enter ssh username@mason.gmu.edu replacing username appropriately.
3. Enter your mason.gmu.edu password At this point, you should have a mason> prompt.

 

You can now set up your web space

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Dean Taciuch
GMU English Department

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