Accessing Barney Off Campus

How can I get my H: files when I am not on the GU network?

Business 111 Edward 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 LE 2. 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

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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 QuickTime™ and a TIFF (LZW) decompressor are needed to see this picture.

To open a subfolder

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To copy a file

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Use Open Connection

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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 Server Double 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

“Get Adobe Reader” and click on • Download, install and then open the secure_ftp.pdf file.

Assignment

40 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