Introduction
This document assumes that
Fugu is already installed on your computer. If you don't already have
Fugu on your computer, CSUN faculty, staff and students can download it from
the CSUN software download
site.
What is Fugu?
Fugu is a graphical frontend for the text-based Secure File Transfer
Protocol (SFTP) client that works with Mac OS X. SFTP is similar to FTP,
but the entire session is encrypted, meaning nothing, including passwords,
is sent in the clear. Fugu provides a friendly, intuitive interface, featuring
secure drag-and-drop file transfers. Fugu allows you to take advantage of
SFTP's strong encryption without having to sacrifice ease of use. Additionally,
Fugu can make secure file transfers using Secure Copy (SCP).
Requirements
Fugu has been tested on
Mac OS X 10.2.x. It may work with on Mac OS X 10.1. You must also have the
BSD subsystem installed, of which OpenSSH's sftp client is a part. This is
included with the default installation of Mac OS X. Mac OS X 10.0 is not supported.
Using SFTP with Fugu:
How to connect to an SFTP server
Launch Fugu. In the Connect
to field, enter the name of the SFTP server. Enter the user name
you have on the server in the Username field. The Port field and Directory
field are optional. If you know that the SFTP server is running on a non-standard
port, you would enter the server's port number in the Port field. If you
want to go to a directory other than the default (usually your home directory),
enter the path in the Directory field.
When you've filled out
all the information, you may optionally add this information to your list
of Favorites, by click the Add to Favorites button. After you've added
a server to your Favorites list, you can select it from the pop-up button
located at the bottom left-hand corner of the connection pane. Editing Favorites
is done in Fugu's preference panel.
When you're ready to connect,
click the Connect button. If Fugu needs your password, it will ask
for it, as seen below:
Enter your password in
the field provided. You may optionally add your password to your password
keychain by clicking the Add Password to Keychain checkbox.
When you've entered your
password, click Authenticate
Uploading files and folders
Drag the items you want
to upload from the Local (left-hand) pane and drop them on the Remote
(right-hand) pane.
Downloading files
Downloading files is just
like uploading them. Drag the files you want to download from the Remote
pane and drop them on the Local pane.
Downloading folders
The sftp client that Fugu
wraps does not support folder downloads. To get around this limitation, Fugu
uses SCP to download folders. When you try to download a folder, Fugu will
offer to download for you with SCP. If you choose Download with SCP,
Fugu brings forward the SCP window for the transfer (see the SCP section
below for more).
Navigating
Double-click folders to
show their contents. To move up a level, click the up arrow button located
next to the pop-up button listing your current location. To move to a folder
in the path of your current location, click the pop-up button, and select
the desired folder from the list.
Fugu also has folder histories
for the Local and Remote panes, storing the last 20 places you've been. You
can click the History buttons in the toolbar, and select the location to
which you'd like to go.
You can use the arrow
keys to navigate, as well.
Deleting files and folders
To delete an item, select
it, and hit the delete key on your keyboard; or select the item, and click
the Delete button in the toolbar. You will be prompted to confirm that you
want to remove the item.
The sftp client Fugu wraps
does not know how to delete folders recursively. This means that it will
give you an error if you try to remove a folder that is not empty. Delete
the items in the folder first, then delete the folder.
Renaming files and folders
To rename an item, select
the item, and hit the Enter key on your keyboard; or right- or control-click
on the item, and select Rename from the contextual menu. Fugu will
select the name of the item and make it editable.
When you've completed
renaming the item, hit Return on your keyboard. To cancel a rename, click
on another item.
Showing file or folder information
To see all the attributes
of an item, whether on your computer or on the SFTP server, select the item
and choose Get Info from the SFTP menu. In the info panel, you can
modify file and folder permissions, set owner and group, and see other information
pertaining to the selected item
Using SCP with Fugu
Connecting to use SCP is just like connecting
with Fugu to use SFTP, except that you will be asked to specify the path
to the item you want to transfer.
Select New Secure
Copy from the SCP menu. In the SCP window, enter the name of the server
you'll be connecting to in the Remote Host field. In the User Name field,
enter the user name you have on the server. If copying from your computer
to the server, click the Choose... button and select the item to copy.
If the remote is stored on the server, you'll need to enter the path to it
in the Item to Copy field. You may also optionally enter the location
you want the item transferred to in the Copy File to Path field.
To indicate whether you'll
be uploading or downloading the item, choose either Upload Item to Remote
Host or Download Item from Remote Host from Copy Type field.
When you're ready to begin
copying, click the Secure Copy button, and enter your password when
prompted.
Why not
use the uDrive?
You may not be aware that
you no longer need FTP, secure or otherwise, to add or delete files to your
network account. A campus network drive is now available for faculty
and staff to use for saving documents to and retrieving documents from a
central file server. By using this network drive, called the uDrive, you
can publish web pages by simply dragging and dropping these files from your
workstation’s desktop. As the uDrive appears to your desktop computer as
just another disk drive, you can organize your files on your uDrive by creating
folders and subfolders, and you can copy files, move files from one folder
to another and delete files and folders.
Instructions on how to use
the uDrive are included in an online document entitled “Using the uDrive
and CSUN.” See http://www.csun.edu/itr/guides/mappingudrive.html.
Note: To
connect your uDrive from off campus, you will have to install and launch
the Virtual Private Network (VPN) client, also available from the CSUN Downloads
Website. For more information on the VPN client see http://www.csun.edu/itr/vpn/
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