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Accessing Barney Off-Campus
How can I get my H: files when I am not on the GU network?
Business 111Edward Mitchell Fall 2006
About Barney
• Barney is the name given to a “Server” computer at Gonzaga.
• It’s full name is barney.gonzaga.edu
• Inside the GU network, we can just use “barney”
• Your H: files (in the lab) are actually stored on Barney
How does this work?
• When you log in to the GU network with your username/password, your computer automatically links the disk volume letter “H:” to your personal file storage space on Barney.
Barney Can be Accessed Remotely
• You can also access your personal files on Barney by using a “File Transfer Protocol” program
• This is also known as “FTP”
• A command-line version of FTP is built-in to Windows, Mac OS X and Linux operating systems
Command-line vs GUI?
• The command line is cumbersome to use so we will not even go there …
• However, you may find information on using FTP as a command line option at GU and elsewhere on the Internet
• The GUI versions are much easier to use
FTP Basics
• To connect to a file server using FTP you will need:– 1. An “FTP” program to manage the file
transfer– 2. The name of the remote server (in our
case barney.gonzaga.edu)– 3. The remote server is sometimes called
the “host”
FTP Basics
• The user name is your regular GU log in name.
• A password. The password is your regular GU log in password.
• With this information, you can proceed to run an FTP file transfer program.
Windows – Mac OS X
• There are two popular Windows programs for accessing your files using FTP:1. WS_FTP95 LE2. FileZilla
• For Mac OS X, we will use “Cyberduck”
WS_FTP95 LE
• WS_FTP95 LE is installed on the GU lab computers
• But WS_FTP95 LE is no longer officially available. – (Unofficially, you can find it with Google
and install on your Windows-based PC– It was designed for Windows 95 but does
work on Windows XP
WS_FTP95 LE
• If you wish, you can experiment with WS_FTP95 on the lab computers (or find and install on your own computer)
• An online tutorial to WS_FTP95 is available here http://tutorial.ftpplanet.com/LE/
FileZilla
• FileZilla is a free program
• The funny name comes from the Internet browser known as “Mozilla”, which is the program that runs the Firefox browser
• First, download FileZilla …
Downloading FileZilla
• Go here: http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/
• And click on Download at upper left
• Choose “Filezilla” -DO NOT choose the Filezilla Server on the download page.
Choose FileZilla
Mac OS X Cyberduck
• Go to http://cyberduck.ch/
• And download the program (just below the download item is an option download a smaller, English-language only version)
• We will come back to Cyberduck after covering the Windows FTP programs
Install FileZilla
• After downloading the program to your computer, you must then use Windows Explorer to find the file (put it on the desktop for ease of access)
• Double-click the install program to install FileZilla on your computer.
• It will likely create an icon on your desktop as well as add itself to your Program Files menu.
FileZilla
After logging in
Performing a file transfer
Using Cyberduck
• After downloading Cyberduck, Mac OS X will open a Finder window showing the files it has downloaded.
• With your mouse, click, and then drag the Cyberduck yellow duck icon to the Applications folder on your Mac.
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Launch Cyberduck
• Double click on the Cyberduck icon in your Applications folder
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Homework Exercise
• Use FileZilla (or WS_FTP95LE or other FTP program) and connect to:
• ftp1.ipswitch.com
• Log in as an anonymous user
• Once logged in you will see a set of files and folders (see next page)
Files on FTP ServerDouble-click on “ipswitch”
Double-click on “White_Papers”
Locate file “secure_ftp.pdf”
Copy “secure_ftp.pdf” to your PC
• If you double-click on the name of the file you wish, it will automatically transfer to “the other file directory”
• Or, you can click on the desired file, and then drag your mouse to drag the file to your computer.
• This capability normally works in both directions
Once you have secure ftp.pdf
• Once you have secure ftp.pdf, using Windows Explorer, open the file by double-clicking on it.
• The file should open in Adobe Acrobat Reader – the standard program for reading PDF files (note: Mac OS X will open in Preview)
If you need Adobe Reader
• You can download a free copy from adobe.com.
• Go to http://adobe.com and click on “Get Adobe Reader”
• Download, install and then open the secure_ftp.pdf file.
Assignment40 points
• Write a one page (no more than 1 page!) set of answers to these questions:– Why is email not the best option?– What does HIPAA stand for?– Can a web browser be used for FTP? For multiple file
transfers at once?– Can WS FTP Pro encrypt files?– Per the document, what type of firms transfer “CAD/CAM”
files?– EMAIL your summary to appropriate address: busn111-10
or busn111-11 @ coldstreams.com where “10” or “11” corresponds to your class time
– Use EMAIL text - do not SEND WORD document
Strongly Recommended
• Use an FTP program to connect to your own file space on barney.gonzaga.edu
• Transfer some files from barney to your local computer
• Transfer one or more files from your computer to your space on barney.– When in lab, verify that the file you transfer
is accessible in your H directory