Computing & Information Services
The Home Server
The Home Server is a place on the network where you can store up to 100MB of your files, including your personal webpage files. It also provides a place where you can backup your work. By keeping your important files on the Home Server, you can access them from anywhere on the network, including your personal computer or the computers in the IRCs.
However, you must not open files directly off of the Home Server, because some applications (like Microsoft Word) will generate bogus files when they try to work directly off the Home Server. This can and will irrevocably corrupt your work. Instead, copy your work files onto the desktop and work on those files. When you finish, copy your files from the desktop back onto the Home Server.
There are several ways to access the Home Server. On campus, you can directly access the Home Server from the network folders on your operating system. But if you're off campus, you must connect to the Home Server via SFTP.
On Campus
Mac OS X
From the IRCs
- From the Dock, click on the server icon.
- In the dialogue that appears, select your username if it isn't already highlighted and click OK
- A globe icon with your username will appear on the desktop. Double click it to open your home directory on the Home Server.
From a personal computer (MacOS 10.4.x a.k.a. Tiger)
See our Mac OS X Server Instructions and Download On-Campus Server Shortcuts
From Windows XP
Please see the Windows XP Sever page.
Off Campus
To connect to the Home Server off campus, you must either use an SFTP client like Fetch (recommended) or Fugu or a command line. Just SFTP to oberon.reed.edu using your network username and password. Once connected via SFTP, you can upload, download, rename, or delete files.
You can use any command line utility (such as Terminal or PuTTY) to connect to your home server. More information on connecting to the Home Server via SFTP can be found at our SFTP page.
