Overview
This article provides detailed settings to connect to people.uic.edu using SFTP or SSH.
Details on Settings and Values
| Setting |
Value |
| Protocol |
SFTP or SSH2 |
| Hostname |
people.uic.edu |
| Port |
22 |
| Username |
UIC NetID |
| Authentication |
UIC common password |
| Path to root web directory |
/var/www/sites/[site-name] |
You can also connect to people.uic.edu. Your default location will be in your home directory: /home/NetID. Web content should be uploaded to /home/[NetID]/public_html where NetID is your NetID.
For more information, see How do I use SSH and SFTP on Mac OS X/macOS? and How do I use SSH and SFTP on Windows?
macOS Errors
When attempting to connect to people.uic.edu from a newer macOS computer, you may encounter an error stating "no matching key exchange method found". This error can be addressed by following the guidance found in this article: https://www.iclarified.com/85252/how-to-fix-no-matching-key-exchange-method-found-on-mac
ssh -oHostKeyAlgorithms=+ssh-rsa -oKexAlgorithms=+diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256 NetID@people.uic.edu might work for your MacOS client.