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