Accessing your Terpconnect file space
The file space provided as part of your Terpconnect account can be accessed in a variety of ways, depending on what computer/OS you are using and what software is installed on your machine. Usually, multiple options should exist.
The following list is an attempt to enumerate the various options, and is roughly ordered from the simplest to the most complicated options, in terms of what software might need to be installed and/or configured. The "simplest" options are best if you need to upload or download one file, from a system which has not been configured specifically to access the TerpConnect/GLUE AFS filesystem. The "more complicated" might be harder to set up initially, but sometimes are much more convenient if you are accessing the files a lot. And the order is only an estimate. Some options are limited, and so each section starts with a listing of pros and cons.
This is also basically the same list given for GRACE users. Which should not be surprising, as GRACE and Terpconnect are both part of the Glue Unix environment on campus.
Here we will discuss accessing your Terpconnect home directory. It is also your home directory when you ssh into a Grace cluster system. It is not your GRACE course directory, however. Instructions on accessing GRACE course directories.
We also will discuss how to access the top of your personal web page directory.
In the documentation below, we will sometimes refer to
USERNAME
, which is your TerpConnect username, all
lower-case (it is uppercase in the examples so that you will see it and
know to replace it with your actual username). This is the left part
(to the left of the @) of your @umd.edu or @terpconnect.umd.edu email address.
Accessing from TerpConnect/GRACE/GLUE systems
Cons: This section is only valid for TerpConnect/GRACE/GLUE systems.
You are placed into your home directory as soon as you log into a
TerpConnect/GRACE/Glue system. If you wander out of it, the path to your
home directory is always /homes/USERNAME
, but
on the command line you can usually just type ~
(the tilde
character).
Your personal web page directory is located at
/pub/USERNAME
. Unfortunately, there is no further
standard abbreviation for it. Note, that as the pub
in the
name implies, anything you put there is by default available to anyone with
access to the internet.
Accessing using SFTP or scp software
Cons: Windows and Mac users might need to install software for this. You need to upload/download files; it does not look like a local filesystem. You cannot alter access rights.
For information on installing/using SFTP or scp
The paths you need to use for your files are the same as indicated
in the section for Terpconnect/GRACE/Glue systems, namely:
/homes/USERNAME
for your home directory and
/pub/USERNAME
for your web directory.
Accessing using an AFS client
Cons: You need to install the (free) OpenAFS client for this.
This is actually how the TerpConnect/GRACE/Glue systems access the space, but on those systems we already installed the client software for you. But installing it is usually not that hard, and all of the TerpConnect/GRACE/Glue filesystems then become available to your PC.
- For For Windows Systems
- For For Macintosh Systems
- For Linux
- For other systems or more information.
A client for iPhones and iPads is also available at the Apple store for a small fee.