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== If you are off campus ==
== Inside YSTV ==
Then you'll need to tunnel in to the VPN first for this to work: go to [https://webvpn.york.ac.uk https://webvpn.york.ac.uk]
If you have less than a few gigabytes to move, find a flash drive or external hard drive and copy it off an edit PC, it'll be quickest.


== If you're in YSTV ==
Otherwise, connect to the YSTV WiFi network, or plug in to a spare network port
If you have less than a few gigabytes to move, find a USB drive or external hard drive and copy it off an edit PC, it'll be quicker.


===Otherwise:===
=== On Windows ===
On the desk with Graphics PC, there should be a spare network cable, plug this in and shut off your wireless, it should be a little quicker than eduroam.
Go to <code>\\filestore.ystv.york.ac.uk\</code> and enter your server username (in the form <code>YSTV\firstname.lastname</code>) and password when prompted. Then copy files to your heart's content!


== On Windows: ==
=== On MacOS ===
Go to \\ystvfsrv.york.ac.uk\ and enter your server username (in the form YSTV\firstname.lastname) and password when prompted. Then copy files to your heart's content!
* In the Finder menu, click "Go" > "Connect to Server", or just press ⌘+K
* Enter <code>smb://filestore.ystv.york.ac.uk</code> in the "Server address" field
* Enter you username in the form <code>YSTV\first.last</code> and your YSTV password
* Pick a folder, and copy away!


== On Linux/Mac ==
== Outside YSTV ==
Mount smb://ystvfsrv.york.ac.uk/Pending\ Edits (or similar) using workgroup of YSTV and username and password, and again copy to your heart's content.
If you only want to download files, read [[HowTo Add a file to user space on YSTV website]]
You can do the mount from Finder on a Mac, by going Go->Connect to Server and filling in the smb:// address above.


== If you're not in YSTV ==
''If you're off campus, you'll need to tunnel in to the VPN first for any of this to work: go to [https://webvpn.york.ac.uk https://webvpn.york.ac.uk]''
Using your favourite SFTP client (WinSCP is recommended, or Cyberduck for mac, Linux users you can probably figure it out), connect to ystv.york.ac.uk with your server username (the firstname.lastname one) and password.
 
Browse to the location of the file you want (probably somewhere in /data or /mnt). For uploading shows go to /mnt/UserData and upload it there to put on the website.
# Using your favourite SFTP client ([http://winscp.net/eng/download.php WinSCP] is recommended for Windows, or [http://cyberduck.ch/ Cyberduck] for Mac, Linux users you can probably figure it out), connect to <code>filestore.ystv.york.ac.uk</code> with your server username (the <code>firstname.lastname</code> one) and password.
# Browse to <code/tank</code> and from there you will see the usual selection of folders.


== If these all fail/you can't see the file ==
== If these all fail/you can't see the file ==
Tweet/email/call/smoke signal a techy or computing type and they'll help you (and should chastise me for writing shoddy instructions).
Tweet/email/call/smoke signal a techie or computing type and they'll help you.


== Advanced: The Web Method ==
[[Category:Tutorials]]
To download big files, if you feel brave and know what you're doing, open an SSH session to the webserver and copy the file into your home directory (theoretically you could symlink, I never got it working though). If you copy it to the www folder (you may need to create it) then if you go to http://ystv.co.uk/~firstname.lastname you will see the files ready to download.
[[Category:Storage]]

Latest revision as of 09:20, 23 July 2021

Inside YSTV

If you have less than a few gigabytes to move, find a flash drive or external hard drive and copy it off an edit PC, it'll be quickest.

Otherwise, connect to the YSTV WiFi network, or plug in to a spare network port

On Windows

Go to \\filestore.ystv.york.ac.uk\ and enter your server username (in the form YSTV\firstname.lastname) and password when prompted. Then copy files to your heart's content!

On MacOS

  • In the Finder menu, click "Go" > "Connect to Server", or just press ⌘+K
  • Enter smb://filestore.ystv.york.ac.uk in the "Server address" field
  • Enter you username in the form YSTV\first.last and your YSTV password
  • Pick a folder, and copy away!

Outside YSTV

If you only want to download files, read HowTo Add a file to user space on YSTV website

If you're off campus, you'll need to tunnel in to the VPN first for any of this to work: go to https://webvpn.york.ac.uk

  1. Using your favourite SFTP client (WinSCP is recommended for Windows, or Cyberduck for Mac, Linux users you can probably figure it out), connect to filestore.ystv.york.ac.uk with your server username (the firstname.lastname one) and password.
  2. Browse to <code/tank and from there you will see the usual selection of folders.

If these all fail/you can't see the file

Tweet/email/call/smoke signal a techie or computing type and they'll help you.

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