Accessing files on www.ucsc.edu
DRAFT

Description
Describes the various way you can access and edit your web files on www.ucsc.edu which runs Microsoft IIS under Windows 2000. We describe how to do it from Mac OS, from MS-Windows, and from UNIX.

Unit web files on www.ucsc.edu can be accessed in several ways (see below for platform specific instructions):

Ftp (not recommended)
A ftp server is running on www.ucsc.edu. People can use fetch on the Mac, ws_ftp on MS Windows, and ftp on UNIX. Most modern web authoring tools (such as Dreamweaver provide tools to update web pages automatically using ftp.
Sftp
A sftp server is running on www.ucsc.edu, and sftp is the recommended method to access your web files. People can use fugu on the Mac, ssh on MS Windows, and sftp on UNIX. Most modern web authoring tools (such as Dreamweaver, provide tools to update web pages automatically using sftp.
File sharing
File sharing has been enabled for MS Windows. See below for additional platform-specific details.

FrontPage Extension
The FrontPage Extension server has been enabled. It has not been tested extensively by ITS.