The Social Sciences Division has several files servers allocated to departments and research units. Below is a list of all the file servers addresses. Please make note of the address of your file server for this SFTP tutorial. In most cases your file server will correlate with the department you are affiliated with. If you are unsure which file server address to use please contact one of the local IT staff for support. Contact information is listed at the end of this document. File server addresses: anth-files.ucsc.edu econ-files.ucsc.edu educ-files.ucsc.edu envs-files.ucsc.edu lals-files.ucsc.edu poli-files.ucsc.edu psyc-files.ucsc.edu socy-files.ucsc.edu dean-files.ucsc.edu research-files.ucsc.edu 1. Download and install the FileZilla Client from http://www.filezilla-project.org
2. Launch the FileZilla program. This is most likely found in the start menu in Programs > FileZilla Client > FileZilla. In Windows 7 it may already exist in your Task bar:
3. Once FileZilla is open you must designate a site, in this case the site will be your server account. You can do this by clicking on File and then Site Manager (or press CTRL+S): 4. Once the Site Manager Window is open, click on New Site:
5. After clicking New Site, a new blank name will appear below the My Sites folder icon. Give your site a name (in this example I called it SocSci Server ). 6. In the General tab, under host, input your server address. As a reminder, refer to the start of this document to determine the correct address of your server. For this example I used the Politics server, which is what a Professor or staff member in the Politics dept. might use. 7. For the Port field, the specific port number is located on the account information password sheet that was given to you. If you no longer have this sheet, please contact one of the Social Sciences IT staff listed at the end of this document. The specific port number is withheld from this tutorial for security purposes. 8. Change the Server Type to SFTP - SSH File Transfer Protocol in the drop-down menu. 9. Make sure the the Logon Type is set to Normal. 10. In the User and Password fields, input your unique server user name and password. Note: Your User ID on the file server is the same as your UCSC ID, However your password is managed by a separate system. This password will be delivered to you by UCSC campus mail or handed to you by department / local IT staff. (If you need to request a password please submit a ticket by emailing help@ucsc.edu and describe the problem you are having in the body of the email, or call 831-459-4357.) 11. Double-check that the settings are correct and Click OK to close this dialog. This will take you back to the main window. Your settings should be similar to this window:
12. In the upper left-hand side of the main window, click on the small black arrow to next to the computer icon. This will list all of your defined Sites. The site you just made for your server account should appear here. Select it and it will make the connection to server. 13. The first time you connect to the server you will get an Unknown host key message. Check the box to always trust the host, and click OK. (next page)
14. If you connected properly you should see directories (folders) load on both the right and left hand windows within the main window. 15.At this point it is important to understand that the left-hand side of the screen shows the folders and files on your local machine, and the right-hand side shows the server. This can be very confusing if you have never used a FTP client because it displays the folder structure similar to windows in explorer view. You must also click the + icon to expand the view of the folder. By default you will be sent to your home directory on the server. If you need to access a shared directory/projects directory, expand the directory UserStorage on the right (server) side, and then select the appropriate shared space (see highlighted sections in Red below):
16. To transfer files between your computer and the server, find the files you wish to transfer on the left hand side (your computer), select the files/folders you wish to transfer, right click, and select Upload: Similarly, if you need to transfer files from the server onto your computer, right click on the items on the right-hand window(s), and select Download:
More general use information: You can also drag-and-drop files from the Windows interface to upload them. To create a folder on the server, right-click and choose Create Directory. Pay close attention to where you are transferring files to; remember that the upper left and right windows represent which folder(s) you are currently residing in on both locations. The files will always transfer to your present location on opposite side. If you are transferring files between a Mac and a PC: Files from the Mac will typically copy over a resource file for every file. For example, if you are on a Mac, and you transfer a document titled assignment1.doc, and you later connect via this method from a Windows machine, you will see the original file, as well as a file titled _.assignment1.doc. The best practice is to just ignore these files because if you try to open them they will just appear as scrambled data. You can always spot the resource files because they begin with an underscore and period before the filename: _. Similarly, thumbs.db should be ignored on the Mac side if you are transferring files from Windows to Mac (this is a windows thumbnail library file). For more information or support with this system please contact the ITS Help Desk at 459-4357 or by emailing help@ucsc.edu or a member of the local Social Sciences IT support: Tristan Carkeet, Digital Media Specialist: carkeet@ucsc.edu Doug Niven, Academic Computing Expert: dniven@ucsc.edu Paul Sosbee, Academic Computing Expert: paul@ucsc.edu Mike Edmonds, Divisional Liaison: medmonds@ucsc.edu