Windows - Access via SFTP

Notes

  1. The use of this service must be requested and activated informally via email.
  2. You need multi-factor authentication for this service.
Download and installation

You need an SFTP client, for example the free open source programme WinSCP: http://winscp.net

Access data

Loginserverlogin.uni-hohenheim.de
Homeverzeichnis/home/[erster Buchstabe der Hohenheimer Benutzerkennung]/[Hohenheimer Benutzerkennung]

z.B. /home/m/muser007
Projektverzeichnis[Homeverzeichnis]/shares/

Configuration

>>
  • Start WinSCP
  • if applicable, Einstellung (settings) [ Sitzung (session) ] (upper left-hand corner)
>>
  • Set up the following server configuration:
    Rechnername (computer name): [desired login server see above]
    Benutzername (user name): [Your Hohenheim user account]
  • Button [ Speichern (Save) | OK ]

Establishing a connection

>>
  • setting [ Sitzung | gespeicherte Sitzungen ] ( Session | Saved sessions ), if applicable
  • highlight saved session “...@login.uni-hohenheim.de”
  • Button [ Anmelden ] ( Login )
>>
  • When connecting for the first time: Button [ Ja ] ( Yes )
>>
  • If applicable, check: “Dieses Banner nicht mehr anzeigen” (“Do not show this banner again”)
  • Button [ Fortsetzen ] ( Continue )
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  • Password: [ password of your Hohenheim user account ]
  • Button [ OK ]
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  • You are “in.” It should look something like this. You can see your local files on the left and the files on the file server on the right.

    If the connection setup is aborted with an error message “Cannot initialize SFTP ...”, you can find the solution here: Problem “SFTP connection setup is aborted”

Quick Start

Change directoryvia mouse click or using the menu [ Entfernt (change) | Gehe zu (go to) | Öffne Verzeichnis/Lesezeichen (open directory / bookmark) ]
Uploading and downloading files and directorieswith drag and drop or with the buttons [ F5 copy ] or [ F6 move ]
Deleting files and directoriesKey [ Entf (Del) ] or with the button [ F8 Delete ]

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