University Computing Systems

Use OpenAFS or SSH instead of FTP

As of December 2007 support for FTP protocol was dropped from all NJIT servers and networks. Support was dropped due to the inherent insecurity of this protocol.

It is now recommended that distribution of files for anonymous use is accomplished through one or more "download" folders under your webpage.  Your http://web.njit.edu/UCID/download/ folder corresponds to your public_html/download folder under your AFS home directory ($HOME on UNIX or H:\ on Windows in lab PCs).   You can also put download folders under other folders, such as http://web.njit.edu/UCID/class2/assignment4/download/

Download directories can also be password protected, see these directions.

There are several ways you create and update download directories:

Location
 Scenario
       Technique
On campus
(or via VPN)
NJIT-managed Windows PC in lab
 The H:\ drive should already be configured so that H:\public_html\ is your webpage.
Your own
Windows PC
 Install the OpenAFS Client for Windows, but skip the VPN instructions.  You do NOT have to make your PC's password the same as your AFS password, you can just connect via the OpenAFS client and type in your NJIT AFS password.
UNIX system Locate your $HOME/public_html/ directory and merely create a download directory.
Your own Linux, Mac, or other PC
 Email us at ucs@njit.edu to request instructions.  Please include name and version of your operating system.
Off campus Windows and OpenAFS
 Install the OpenAFS Client for Windows, and just use the H:\ drive as you would in an NJIT lab. This also requries VPN (covered in the instructions), but you do not need to make your PC's password the same as your AFS password, you can just connect via the OpenAFS client and type in your NJIT AFS password.
Windows and secure copy (SCP)
 Install SSH Secure Shell, start an SSH session to one of the public AFS computer systems (AFS#.njit.edu or OSL#.njit.edu, # is 1 through 25), and then use the File Transfer Window Feature to drag'n drop files between your PC and your AFS space.
Linux, Unix, or Mac
 Your system might already have an openafs-client package installed.  Please contact us at ucs@njit.edu to request instructions.  Please include name and version of your operating system.

Last and hardly least, you can always access your webspace via an "ssh" to one of NJIT's  servers located at AFS#.njit.edu or OSL#.njit.edu (# is 1 through 25).  Most Unix, Solaris, Linux, BSD, and Mac systems come with ssh already installed.  Windows users can install SSH Secure Shell or putty-ssh to connect to these servers.

Updated 29-Sep-2008.