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 –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

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: 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 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.

Launch Cyberduck Double click on the Cyberduck icon in your Applications folder

To open a subfolder

To copy a file

Use Open Connection

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 and click on “Get Adobe Reader” 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 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? – your summary to appropriate address: busn or coldstreams.com where “10” or “11” corresponds to your class time –Use 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