Fixing FTP instructions as sfpt and scp no longer work for generic users

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<h2 id="tophead">CUCC Expedition Handbook</h2>
<h1>Configuring Filezilla to upload photos etc.</h1>
<h3 id="install">Installing Filezilla</h3>
<p>This software works identically on both Windows and Linux.
<p>Filezilla is an "FTP client". This means that it connects to servers using a venerable service called "file transfer protocol" i.e. FTP. It looks a bit like copying files from one folder to another on your desktop but it works between different machines.
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<li> Download the software from here <a href="https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?show_all=1">Filezilla Downloads</a>. ( Obviously Linux users will use their usual package management system instead of doing this download.)
<li>Now install the software following <a href="https://wiki.filezilla-project.org/Client_Installation">the instructions here</a>.
<li>Now configure it to connect to the expo server using the instructions below.
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<p>Before continuing, make sure that you have the "cavey:beery" password for the expo server. You will need it.
<p>Having installed Filezilla using the <a href="uploading.html#install">installation instructions</a>, you now need to import a configuration file to set it up to use with the public expo server.
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This setting should be fixed automatically in <b>zilla-uploads.xml</b> but we have seen occasions where it
seems to have been re-set somehow.
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<li>Now you are in and can copy and move files anywhere. But please don't: stick to copying files from your machine (the left window) to the server (the right window):<br><br>
<li>Now you are in and can copy and move files anywhere. But please stick to copying files from your machine (the left window) to the server (the right window) into the /uploads/, /photos/ or /gpslogs/ folders only:<br><br>
<a href="fzexample.png" border=2><img src="fzexample.png" align=center width=65%></a><br>(Click to enlarge).
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