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== If you're not in YSTV ==
== If you're not in 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 https://webvpn.york.ac.uk]''
''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]''


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== 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 techie 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 (and should chastise me for writing shoddy instructions).
== Advanced: The Web Method ==
To download big files without writing changes back to them, you can place them in your personal web directory. See [[Computing:Add a file to user space on YSTV website|Add a file to user space on YSTV website]] for information.

Revision as of 12:36, 9 March 2012

If you're in 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, on the desk with Graphics PC, there should be a spare network cable (by the window, currently grey), plug this in and turn off your wireless - it should be a faster than eduroam.

On Windows

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!

On Linux/Mac

Mount smb://ystvfsrv.york.ac.uk/Pending\ Edits (or similar) using workgroup of YSTV and your username/password, and again copy to your heart's content.

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 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 ystv.york.ac.uk with your server username (the firstname.lastname one) and password.
  2. 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.

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 (and should chastise me for writing shoddy instructions).