Overview
Stanford provides secure tools — OpenAFS and SFTP — for you to transfer computer files to and from your AFS storage and between desktop machines using AFS as a virtual bridge.
Transferring files to and from AFS (including Stanford WWW directories)
The Mac and Windows documents below use web files as examples. While this means they can double as instructions for publishing web pages, remember that you can transfer files into any AFS directory, not just web (WWW) directories, using the steps outlined below.
Transferring files from desktop to desktop
Stanford OpenAFS allows you transfer files from desktop to desktop.
- Mount AFS on your desktop. Have your friend do the same.
- Use the steps outlined in Transferring files with Windows or Transferring files with a Macintosh to drag a file from your desktop into AFS space.
- You can drag the file into your friend's "Public" directory; just mount his or her home directory instead of your own.
- You can create a folder in your home directory that he or she has access to.
- You can choose a directory somewhere else in AFS, one to which each of you has access.
- Your friend can then drag the file from AFS onto his or her desktop.
This method works even if one of you has a Windows computer and the other has a Macintosh. If your "Public" directory isn't accepting files from other people, take a look at the AFS Permissions page to figure out how to change your "Public" directory so it works correctly.
