Inside of the CIT network, there is no need for any special file transfer applications.
Linux users can access their shared drive space directly from their home directory.
OS X users benefit from the same setup. From the shell prompt, their home directory is the shared space. From the GUI the home icon is their home directory. The Mac Desktop, and all preferences are kept as subdirectories of the home directory.
Windows users access their shared disk space through the U: drive.
The Windows Desktop, My Documents, and all preferences are kept on the C:
drive while the user is logged in, and copied to the server at logoff time.
From outside of the CIT network, special file transfer applications are needed. FTP is no longer supported or enabled for access. The main reason for this is the security problem of cleartext passwords.
Unix users can use command line scp or any other SCP tool.
OS X users can use command line scp or any GUI SCP tool.
FUGU is
one free GUI tool that has received good reviews from the MAC community.
Windows users can use the command line tool pscp.exe available
with the putty
download, or any GUI SCP tool.
WinSCP is
one free GUI tool that works well.
