This document contains information about using SCP/SFTP clients like Fugu or WinSCP for moving files between desktop computers and the Morehouse faculty/staff web/mail server. A user might do this to stick data into his web space.
First, make sure you don't already have WinSCP (Windows) or Fugu (MacOS X). If you have it, no need to install it!
Faculty/Staff members who don't have the software on their Morehouse computers should try to add it by visiting the Add Other Software section of the Add/Remove Software item in the Control Panel, which is found in the Start menu, possibly under Settings. If that doesn't work out, contact the HelpDesk for installation.
All others (employees at home, etc.) can install normally. Get the software from its master site: just ask Google for "WinSCP" or "Fugu".
Fire up the client of your choice. You'll have to provide some information:
The username and password you supply must be your Morehouse email username and password. This is not your Tigernet password, Banner password, etc.. Usernames are at most 8 characters in length; if you have a longer alias, don't use it.
Once the connection is established, you should see a directory listing containing some items like:
Maildir/
etc/
lib/
private/
usr/
webdocs/
Change to the webdocs directory and ignore the others: messing around in there could cause problems.
Find the file(s) you want to upload. The easiest way to do this is to find it in the normal way for your operating system: open up the hard drive, wander around, etc.. If you know in advance that you'll be uploading a file, copy it to your Desktop -- that makes life much easier.
Drag and drop the file you'd like to upload into the webdocs directory in your file transfer client. It'll copy over, or you might get a dialog asking you for some details about the copy process (defaults are fine: hit OK or Go or Copy or whatever).
Once you've uploaded what you wanted to upload, it's time to test. Fire up a web browser (Firefox is IT's current favorite) and aim it at your space:
http://facstaff.morehouse.edu/~yourname/Replace "yourname" with your email username (the one you used for logging in). Make sure to keep the tilde (that's shift-backtick on many keyboards; it's often to the left of the "1" key).
That'll show you your main page, which might be a mostly blank default page. Assuming that worked, type the name of the stuff you uploaded after the right-most "/". If you uploaded "PigFeet.doc" and your username is "ceastwoo", that'd be this:
http://facstaff.morehouse.edu/~ceastwoo/PigFeet.docIf that works, your link is ready. Email it around, pass it to your friends, etc..
Try to keep your filenames short, simple, and free of characters other than letters, numbers, periods, and hyphens. Because of the way the web works, spaces and some characters cause problems. Just rename stuff before uploading it. The file "Big Fancy Picture.jpg", for instance, should be renamed to something like "BigFancyPicture.jpg" or "Big-Fancy-Picture.jpg" before uploading.
You can create directories within webdocs to help you organize your web material. Check around in your file transfer client for a command that does this.
Both WinSCP and Fugu have great built-in and web-based documentation. Try their Help features or their websites if you have questions about how to use them.
Every user has a file quota on the server, a limit on the number and total size of files that can be stored there. If your upload dies with a poor explanation of the problem, delete something and try again. Your web files take up space from the same pool as your email files, so do NOT fill this space up, or you won't be able to get new emails!
The file index.html in each directory is the "main" file: if it's there, the web server will show it to a client if that client asks for the directory with no filename after it. If there is no index.html file, the web server will show a directory listing. Depending on what you're doing, that could be good or bad, so make sure to test your website.
Use of these web areas is subject to the Morehouse College Policies and Procedures, Terms of Use, and employee and student core rules. Be legal. Be nice.
Contact the HelpDesk if you have problems or questions.