Accessing Server Space...

[Unregistered]

Hey everyone,

I know the UA let's one access server space (50 megs right) and I currently use Fugu on my Mac to upload stuff there. I am also new to this so please bare with me! I have several questions about this server space.

1) I upload items and it works fine, and then I also delete them but then, strangely, I cannot delete folders that contain my items items stating "Couldn't remove directory: Failure" Any ideas?

2) Is there anyway to mount the disk space as a server -- similar to idisk? Because that would be GREAT to have it just like an external folder/networked drive and just drag and drop and interface just in the finder.

3) Finally, is there anyway to access it from a web browser (also similar to idisk when one goes to "idisk.mac.com/username")

Haha, I tried a demo of idisk and loved it but not the price tag, and since I recently found this server space I figured why not just use this as backing up as opposed to idisk. BUT idisk is very easy to use...

Thank you,
TM

[dcv]

You're talking about your U-Server space, right? As in, you log in to u.arizona.edu in fugu, right?

1. I *think* (if anybody wants to correct me, feel free to - but I can't access the u-server right now to test with an FTP client) that you can only delete empty directories (or, if you are SSH-ing in and using a command line, you can do "rm -R directory" - but that may be a bit advanced for you). So if you want to delete the folder, delete everything inside the folder first, then you will be able to delete the folder.

2. I've never used iDisk, so I don't know how it works, but I don't *think* (there's that word again) that there is a way to mount your u-account space as a server (unless Finder supports SFTP, which I'm pretty sure it doesn't). However, if you want unobtrusive drag-and-drop to your u-account space, then you might want to check out this program called Transmit - http://www.panic.com/transmit/ - it is a great FTP client that actually creates a little icon on your desktop (or a widget for your dashboard), and when you drag a file over to it, it will automatically upload that file to your FTP server (in this case, the u-server). It's not a free program, but it works quite well, from what I've heard.

3.You can actually access your u-space from a web browser - in fact, many U of A students host websites on their u-spaces. To do this, follow these steps:

1. on your mac, go to Utilities > Terminal and open up Terminal

2. Enter the command: ssh <username>@u.arizona.edu where <username> is your U of A netID (same as your e-mail)

It will ask you for your password. This password is your U of A netID password (same as your e-mail)

3. Choose the option "Use the Menu System (for this session only)"
//that's not exactly what it says, but it's something to that effect.

4. From the main menu, enter the "misc" menu. Then, enter the "Home Page" menu. From the "Home Page" menu, highlight "Home Page" and hit enter.

This will create a folder on your u-server space called "public_html" and set permissions - and anything that you put in this folder will be accessible from the web, i.e. if you put a picture called "test.jpg" in your "public_html" folder, then you could later download it by going to

http://www.u.arizona.edu/~<username>/test.jpg

in your web browser, where <username> is your U of A netID.

[fischerm]

1. I *think* that you can only delete empty directories. So if you want to delete the folder, delete everything inside the folder first, then you will be able to delete the folder.
Yep. Fugu doesn't recursively delete items in folders. Transmit will.

2. I've never used iDisk, so I don't know how it works, but I don't *think* (there's that word again) that there is a way to mount your u-account space as a server (unless Finder supports SFTP, which I'm pretty sure it doesn't).
Nope, finder doesn't do SFTP mounting. Which sucks. I think iDisk is served up as a WebDAV share, and as far as I can tell the u.dot system doesn't have WebDAV enabled.