In the Site drop-down menu, select New Site.
Figure 1. Site>New Site...
Select Advanced, Type the
name of your local site in the Site Name text box, and click
on the 
,
to navigate your local site. Click OK.
Figure 2. Site Definition Wizard: Local Root Folder
Click Start>SSH Secure Shell>Secure Shell Transfer Client.
Figure 3. SSH Secure Shell Transfer Client
Click Connect...
Figure 4. SSH Secure File Transfer
In the Host Name text box, type mason.gmu.edu. In the User Name text box, type your mason user name (e.g. jkenny2). Select password for Authentication Method and click Connect.
Figure 5. Connect to Remote Host
Click OK.
Figure 6. Message from the server: Unauthorized Access Prohibited
Enter password and click OK.
Figure 7. Enter Password
Click on the public_html folder. (See figure 9 for instructions on creating a public_html folder).
Figure 8. Local computer connected to remote computer (mason.gmu.edu)
Note: Do not do this step if you already have
a public_html folder in your Mason account.
Right-click in the Remote Name window and select
New Folder. Name the new folder
public_html.
Click on the public_html folder.
Figure 9. Right-click in the Remote Name window and select New
Folder
Click the My Computer icon in the Local Name window, to navigate to your local site.
Figure 9. Navigate to local site.
To transfer a file from the local computer (Local Name) to the remote computer (Remote Name), Left-click and hold on the file, drag the file to the Remote Name window and release the file. See figures 10, 11 and 12.
Figure 10. Local site in c:\temp and remote site in /home/u5/jkenny2/public_html
Figure 11. Drag a file from the Local Name window
Figure 12. Drop a file in the Remote Name window
In the Remote Name window, navigate to the
figure 8 view of your public_html folder. Highlite 
.
In the Operation drop-down menu,
select Properties.
Figure 14. Setting properties (permissions) on folders in mason.gmu.edu
In the Permissions mode text box, type 755.
Figure 15. Setting permissions for public_html. The public can
execute (view) files in public_html.