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[[FTP]] services can be accessed from supported windows machines. This is a guide on how to access the UMIACS FTP service using windows explorer.
[[FTP]] services can be accessed from supported [[Windows]] machines. This is a guide on how to access the UMIACS FTP service using Windows Explorer.


==Opening up Windows Explorer==
==Opening up Windows Explorer==
To open up Windows Explorer, click the folder icon on the taskbar on the bottom of your desktop.
[[Image:Icon.png|thumb|left|300px|Windows - Click "File/Windows Explorer" ]] <br style="clear:both"/>


To open up windows explorer, click on the "folder/files" icon on your desktop.
Alternatively, click on the Start menu, and type in "Windows Explorer" in the search box (For Windows 10, type "File Explorer").
[[Image:Windows-Search for windows explorer.png|thumb|left|300px|Windows - Click "File/Windows Explorer" ]] <br style="clear:both"/>


Alternatively, click on "Start" button on your task-bar, and type in "Windows Explorer" in the search box.
==Accessing Public Folder in FTP==
In the address bar, type in the following address to access users' public folders:
<pre>\\umiacs-webftp\ftp-umiacs\pub\<username></pre>
[[Image:FTP-public-address.png|thumb|left|450px|Windows - Enter FTP public folder address in the address bar ]] <br style="clear:both"/>
External collaborators can only download files published by the owner. Owner of the public folder can publish and modify files from a supported Windows machine.


==Connecting to UMIACS FTP==
Alternatively, collaborators can access public folders through web browser.
 
Open up a web browser. In the address bar, type in the following address:
In the address bar, type in the one of the following address:
<pre>ftp://ftp.umiacs.umd.edu/pub/<username>/ - to access users' public folders.</pre>
 
[[Image:Firefox-ftp-address.png|thumb|left|450px|Enter FTP public folder address in web browser]] <br style="clear:both"/>
<pre>\\umiacs-webftp\ftp-umiacs\incoming\<username> - to access users' incoming folder. </pre>
Collaborators can click on file title to download a published file.
External collaborators can drop data for users into their FTP incoming file system.
[[Image:Firefox-ftp-download.png|thumb|left|550px|Click on file title to download file]] <br style="clear:both"/>
 
 
<pre>\\umiacs-webftp\ftp-umiacs\pub\<username> - to access users' public folder.</pre>
Users can place data to be externally accessible in their public FTP space

Latest revision as of 20:33, 18 October 2022

FTP services can be accessed from supported Windows machines. This is a guide on how to access the UMIACS FTP service using Windows Explorer.

Opening up Windows Explorer

To open up Windows Explorer, click the folder icon on the taskbar on the bottom of your desktop.

Windows - Click "File/Windows Explorer"


Alternatively, click on the Start menu, and type in "Windows Explorer" in the search box (For Windows 10, type "File Explorer").

Windows - Click "File/Windows Explorer"


Accessing Public Folder in FTP

In the address bar, type in the following address to access users' public folders: 

\\umiacs-webftp\ftp-umiacs\pub\<username>
Windows - Enter FTP public folder address in the address bar


External collaborators can only download files published by the owner. Owner of the public folder can publish and modify files from a supported Windows machine.

Alternatively, collaborators can access public folders through web browser. Open up a web browser. In the address bar, type in the following address: 

ftp://ftp.umiacs.umd.edu/pub/<username>/ - to access users' public folders.
Enter FTP public folder address in web browser


Collaborators can click on file title to download a published file.

Click on file title to download file


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