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==Opening up Windows Explorer==
==Opening up Windows Explorer==


To open up windows explorer, click on the "folder/files" icon on your desktop.
To open up windows explorer, click on the "folder/files" icon on the task-bar on the bottom of your desktop.
Alternatively, click on "Start" button on your task-bar, and type in "Windows Explorer" in the search box.
[[Image:Icon.png|thumb|left|300px|Windows - Click "File/Windows Explorer" ]] <br style="clear:both"/>


==Connecting to UMIACS FTP==
Alternatively, click on "Start" button on your task-bar, 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"/>


In the address bar, type in the one of the following address:


<pre>\\umiacs-webftp\ftp-umiacs\incoming\<username> - to access users' incoming folder. </pre>
==Accessing Public Folder in FTP==
External collaborators can drop data for users into their FTP incoming file system.
In the address bar, type in the following address:
<pre>\\fluidfs.ad.umiacs.umd.edu\ftp-umiacs\pub\<username> - to access users' public folders. </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.




<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
 
Alternatively, collaborators can access public folders through web browser.
Open up a web browser, in the address bar, type in 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"/>
Collaborators can click on file title to download a published file.
[[Image:Firefox-ftp-download.png|thumb|left|550px|Click on file title to download file]] <br style="clear:both"/>

Revision as of 16:07, 25 September 2018

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 on the "folder/files" icon on the task-bar on the bottom of your desktop.

Windows - Click "File/Windows Explorer"


Alternatively, click on "Start" button on your task-bar, 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:

\\fluidfs.ad.umiacs.umd.edu\ftp-umiacs\pub\<username> - to access users' public folders. 
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