Accessing Files From Your Windows 7, Mac OS X 10.4 +, and Instructional Server Accounts via WebDAV
Older version for Windows XP and Mac OSX 10.3
Accessing Your Files:
What is WebDAV?
Webdav is a protocol created for transfering files over the web. ACMS offers it as a service to instructional account holders. It provides access to your ACMS storage directories from locations outside ACMS labs, e.g. home or from laptops connected to the campus wireless network. It can provide read/write access to your files and is currently the only way to remotely access files saved when logged in to ACMS computing labs on campus.
Accessing Your Files
From a Web Browser
You can access a read only version of your files from any location using a web browser. This means that you will be able to view your files and save them to your computer, but you will not be able to upload or modify them.
To access your files, point your browser to:
https://webdrive.ucsd.edu/~(Your username)
Note: You may have more than one ACMS account (username). Typically, all students have an ACMS email account; in addition, you may have ACMS course specific accounts, which come and go as you take different classes.View your ACMS accounts to see all the storage directories connected to your course-specific and ACMS e-mail account.
The server will then prompt you for your user name and password. After logging in, you will see folders for each instructional server connected to this account, which may include class storage and public folders, and/or your Mac and PC Documents folders. Remember these documents are read only; you cannot upload files using your browser only.
WebDrive For Windows 7
WebDrive is a software application that will allow you to read and write to your Unix personal and class directories.
After installing WebDrive, start the program. Enter these settings:
Click connect and you will be able to download and upload you Unix account files and folders.
From OS X 10.4 and Above
We recommend using Cyberduck, a free to use shareware program. To download and install Cyberduck, follow this link:http://cyberuck.ch/
The download link is located in the upper right corner. Please note: Cyberduck is a free client, but does prompt for donations upon closing the program. To bypass this message, simply check the "do not remind me" box.
To use the program start it and click 'open connection' then reproduce the settings below, replacing 'cons' with your username.
- Server: webdrive.ucsd.edu
- Port: 443
- Username: Your ACMS username
- Password: Your ACMS account password
- Under More Options: Path: /~<Your Username>
