We have yet to find a good SFTP program for MacOS 8/9; however, you can use SCP instead. To use SCP in MacOS 8/9, you will need to install NiftyTelnet SSH. Open NiftyTelnet and select New Connection from the File menu. Under the New Connection window, select which host you wish to connect to and then click on the SCP button. Select Send files/folders if you wish to transfer files from your Mac to a remote machine or Receive Files/Folders if you wish to receive files from a remote machine. If you and sending files, you should click on the Add Files/Folders button and choose the files you wish to copy and enter the Destination Path to which you wish to transfer them. If you are receiving files, you should specify the path under Source File and select the Download Folder. Click on Start Copy. You will be prompted for your username and password and then your files should copy.
In Mac OS X, the commands sftp and scp are available in the Terminal application by default. The Terminal application is located in the Utilities folder in Applications. For example, to sftp to minerva, open the Terminal application and type sftp minerva.simons-rock.edu). Once connected, type ls to list your files. Use get to download a file and put to upload a file. Type man sftp in the terminal for more help.
For a graphical sftp program, we recommend installing Fugu. To sftp to minerva, open Fugu and type minerva.simons-rock.edu in the Connect to: field. Enter your password when prompted and click Authenticate. Once connected, you may select select files from Local Host (your computer) or Remote Host (minerva) and transfer them by clicking on the appropriate arrow. Click the Disconnect button to disconnect when you are finished.
For off-campus users, we recommend PSFTP.
For on-campus users, we recommend installing SSH for Windows which is available on the CMS software website (http://cms.simons-rock.edu/software/) as SSHSecureShellClient-3.2.3.exe in the windows directory. Download and run this file; click Next, then Yes, then Next three times, and then Finish. You should now have two new icons on your desktop: SSH Secure Shell Client and SSH Secure File Transfer.
To transfer files click on the SSH Secure File Transfer icon. Click Quick connect. Enter the computer you would like to transfer files to in the Host Name box. (For example, minerva.simons-rock.edu. Type in your user name and click Connect. Enter your password and then OK.
Once connected, you can click on the upload tool button (that looks an arrow pointing up) or go up to the operation menu and click on upload. Find the file you wish to transfer in the window that opens and click on it, and then click upload. To transfer a file from another computer to your hard drive, click on the file you want to download and then the download button (down arrow) on the tool bar. A window will then pop up where you can choose where on your hard drive you'd like the file to be placed. To end the connection, select Disconnect from the File menu.
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Alternatively, if you know what computer you wish to connect to, you can
select Run... from the Start menu and type
\\name where name is the name or IP address of the
computer to which you would like to connect.
If you are unable to see any computers in the Chooser or Network Browser, most likely your AppleTalk settings are incorrect. Go to the Apple menu, Control Panels, and select the AppleTalk control panel. Make sure that the Connect via: pull-down menu is set to Ethernet built-in, Alternate Ethernet, or some other appropriate ethernet (or airport) option.
If you are seeing some computers but not others, you may need to specify the name of the computer you wish to connect to by clicking the Server IP Address... button from within the Chooser and typing in the name of that computer.
If you are unable to see any computers or connect to them in Network Neighborhood or My Network Places, you may not be logged on on the network. To log on go to the Start menu and select Shut Down.... Then check Close all programs and log on as a different user? and click the Yes button. An Enter Network Password should appear, prompting you for a user name and password.
If you can see some computers but not others, most likely WINS Resolution is not enabled. In Windows 95/98, right click on the Network Neighborhood icon and select Properties. Click on the TCP/IP component in the Configuration tab and select Properties. Go to the WINS Configuration tab, select Use DHCP for WINS Resolution, and click the OK buttons to close the two windows. You may need to restart your computer. The instructions for other versions of Windows are similar, although Network Neighborhood may be replaced with My Network Places.
Even if you cannot browse shares in Windows, you may be able to connect to
specific computers by name. Select Run... from the Start
menu and type \\name where name is the name or IP address
of the computer to which you would like to connect.
A significant quantity of software (including freeware, shareware, and updates) is available to you on the CMS software website at http://cms.simons-rock.edu/software/. Note that this software is available on-campus only and the download does not count for your daily bandwidth.
You can also download software on the web from a number of sites, including http://www.download.com, http://www.tucows.com, http://www.versiontracker.com, and http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/HyperArchive.html.
Warning: Sharing anything without a password is not recommended. Sharing anything writable without a password is really not recommended. Sharing your entire hard drive as writable without a password is really not recommended.
To turn on file sharing, go to the Apple menu and select Control Panels and then File Sharing. Enter in an owner name, owner password, and a computer name. As always, choose a secure password and share it with no one. If file sharing is off, click on the Start button under the text File Sharing off to turn on file sharing. You can also turn program linking on to allow remote users to run programs that are on your computer. In newer versions of MacOS, there is a Users & Groups tab in the File Sharing control panel. From Users & Groups you can click on the New User and New Group button to create new users and groups of users. You can highlight a user and click Open to view their access privileges. A new window should appear. Select Sharing from the Show: pull-down menu. Make sure Allow user to connect to this computer is checked if you want to give the user access. Close the control panel.
Once you have turned on file sharing, you need to select an item to share, such as your entire hard drive or a particular file or folder. To do so in newer versions of MacOS, click once (not twice) on the icon associate with the item you wish to share. This should highlight the icon. While the icon is highlighted, go to the File menu and select Get Info and then Sharing.... In older versions of MacOS, Sharing is an option directly from the File menu.
From the Start menu, select Settings and then Control Panels. Double-click on the Network control panel to open it. (Alternatively, you can right-click on the Network Neighborhood icon on the desktop and select Properties.) In the bottom half of the Configuration tab you should see a button that says File and Print Sharing.... Click on it to open a window, check the option I want to give others access to my files., and click OK. The Identification tab of the Network control panel allows you to specify the name your computer will have on the network. If you want user-level rather than share-level access to be granted, click on the Access Control tab. Click the OK button to close the Network control panel. You may have to restart your computer.
To share a folder, right click on the folder icon and select Sharing... from the contextual menu. Under the Sharing tab, check the radio button Share As: and make sure a share name is specified. You may choose to give read-only, full, or password-dependent access to the shared item. Make sure to enter a password in the Read-Only Password: text area and another in Full Access Password if you have chosen to give full (write) access. You will need to enter the password(s) twice for verification purposes.
To share a folder, right-click on it and select Sharing and Security.... Check Share this folder on the network and specify a share name. Uncheck Allow network users to change my files unless you want to give others write-access to your computer (not recommended).
Master browsing may interfere with the proper functioning of our network. Because of this, we recommend that you disable master browsing.
In Windows 98/ME: Right-click on Network Neighborhood and select Properties. Select File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks. In the Properties panel, go to the Advanced tab. Select Browse Master and make sure the value is set to Disabled. Click OK and restart when prompted.
In Windows NT: Go to Control Panel and select Services. Select Computer Browser. Click Startup, then Startup Type, and Disable. Click OK and restart.
In Windows 2000/XP: Go to Start and select Administrative Tools or (Settings, Control Panels, then Administrative Tools). Select Services. Right-click on Computer Browser and select Properties. Change Startup Type to Disabled. Click Stop and OK.