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Activate your CDM Password

  1. Go to the URL
    https://accountactivate.cdm.depaul.edu
     
  2. Activate your CDM password if necessary. You can also change your password to something you can easily remember.

 

Access Your ectweb2 Folders and Files

  1. Using Internet Explorer, go to the URL
    ftp://ectweb2.cs.depaul.edu
     
  2. If ssmith is your CDM username, your ectweb2 password is cstcis\ssmith (replace ssmith with your actual username). Your ectweb2 password is the same as your CDM password.
     
  3. You can not drag and drop files and folders to and from Microsoft Explorer.
     
  4. You cannot open files on ectweb directly, but you can move files from ectweb2 to your harddrive or memory stick, edit them, and move them back to ectweb2.
     
  5. To upload files to ectweb2 at home, you may have to change your browser settings. Here is what to do on Internet Explorer (IE):
    Tools >> Internet Options >> Advanced. Check the box Enable Folder View for FTP. Check or uncheck the box Use passive FTP, depending on your firewall and DSL modem setup.
     
  6. If you have a version of IE more recent than the version installed in the computer lab, you may be asked to edit files in Windows Explorer. Log in to IE as above. Click on the Page icon in the toolbar >> Open FTP site in Windows Explorer.

 

Viewing Your Webpages on ectweb2