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How To Use The F-Secure SSH FTP Client

Once you have installed the F-Secure SSH client, you can use the software to move or copy files from your local computer to a remote system such as Workstations at Maryland (WAM) or Glue using the File Transfer Protocol (FTP).

Connect to a Remote System
How to Upload and Download Files
How to Change Directories
Exit the FTP Client

Connect to a Remote System

1. Start the FTP client by either clicking on Start, then Programs, then the F-Secure SSH Client Trial folder, then F-Secure SSH File Transfer Trial, or by double-clicking on the F-Secure SSH File Transfer Trial desktop icon.
   • Note: If this is your first time using either the F-Secure SSH client or the F-Secure SFTP client, you will be asked to generate a random security code by moving the mouse cursor across the Generate Random Seed screen. Once you have finished generating the random seed, the window will disappear.

2. Click on the menu bar item labeled Quick Connect when the F-Secure SSH Client window appears.

   

3. Fill in the boxes with the appropriate information when the Connect to Remote Host window appears.
4. Enter the full hostname of the remote system you wish to connect to (like "wam.umd.edu" or "glue.umd.edu") in the Host name of IP address box.
5. Enter your username on the remote system in the Unser Name box. Leave the rest of the settings as they are unless you know that you need to change the port number.

   

6. Click on the Connect button. If this is the first time you've connected to this particular remote system, a dialog box will appear informing you of the public security key of this remote system, and will allow you to save a record of this key in your F-Secure program.
7. Click Yes

   

8. Enter your password on the remote system when the password window appears and click OK.

9. You are now connected to your home directory on the remote system. In the left column of the F-Secure window, you will see a list of the file folders (also called directories) in your home directory, while the right column will display the list of directories and files that are contained in whichever folder is highlighted/selected in the left column. In the example below, the right column is displaying some of the contents of the home directory. If you were to click on the Apps folder in the left column of the window, the right column would then display the contents of the Apps folder. The very bottom of the window displays the name of the remote system to which you are connected (in this example, wam.umd.edu) and the type of encryption in use.

   

10. If you plan on connecting to this remote system again, then you will want to save the information you entered in step 3 in a profile.  Click on the Profiles button (next to the Quick Connect button) and choose Add Profile from the menu that appears.

11. Type in a name for the profile in the Add Profile window and then click on the Add Current Connection to Profiles button.  From now on, you can connect to that remote system again by clicking on the Profiles button, choosing the profile you just made from the list, and hitting the Enter key or spacebar on your keyboard.

    

12. If you leave the FTP client idle for several minutes, it may disconnect from the remote system. If that occurs, reconnect using the Quick Connect button.

How to Upload and Download Files

Uploading and downloading files to and from the remote system is straightforward.

To upload files:

1. Select the directory on the remote system where you want the uploaded file to go from the list of directories in the left column of the F-Secure window.

   

2. Check the file transfer mode buttons in the toolbar section of the window. The transfer mode buttons, in order from left to right, are: Ascii/text, Binary, and Auto. Unless you know for a fact that you have to upload the file as a binary file or a text file, leave the file transfer mode set to Auto, which should be pressed down by default (as shown in the example below).

   

3. Click on the Upload button (the up-arrow button) in the Upload window.

   

4. Use the Look in drop-down box to navigate to the folder on your computer that contains the file or files you want to upload when the Upload window appears.
5. Select (highlight) the first file by clicking on it. You can select more than one file by holding down either the Shift key or the Control key as you click on additional files.
6. Click the Upload button at the bottom of the window when you are done. A dialog box will appear and show the progress of the upload.

   

7. Click the Close button when the upload is complete. The uploaded files should now appear on the remote system in the directory you chose.

   

To download files:

1. Select the directory on the remote system that contains the file or files you want to download from the list of directories in the left column of the F-Secure window.

   

2. Select (highlight) the first file you want to download by clicking on it in the right column. Note: You can select more than one file by holding down either the Shift key or the Control key as you click on additional files.

   

3. Check the file transfer mode buttons located in the toolbar section of the window (below the menu bar). The transfer mode buttons, in order from left to right, are: Ascii/text, Binary, and Auto. Unless you know for a fact that you have to upload the file as a binary file or a text file, leave the file transfer mode set to Auto, which should be pressed down by default (as shown in the example below).

   

4. Click on the Download button (the down-arrow button) located in the toolbar section of the window. The Download window will appear.

   

5. Navigate to the folder on your computer where you want to place those files.
6. Click on the Download button and a dialog box will appear that shows you the progress of the download.

   

7. Click on the Close button when the download is complete. The downloaded files should now appear on the remote system in the directory you chose.

   

How to Change Directories

When you use F-Secure to connect to your WAM or Glue account, F-Secure by default shows you only the contents of your home directory. If you want to transfer files to and from another directory in your account (for example, if you want to put web page files in your pub directory so others can see them), you will need to change to a different directory.

1. Choose Operation from the menu bar and then Go to Folder.

   

2. The Go to Folder dialog box will appear, and it will display the full path of the current directory path in the Enter Folder Name box. The full path will end with the word "home": remove "home" from the end of the path (as shown in the example below)
3. Click OK

   

4. The left column in the F-Secure window will now display all of the folders in your account, which will be listed under your username ("bc" is the username in the example below). You can then select any of those folders, such as the pub folder, to access their contents.

   

Exit the FTP Client

1. Click on the disconnect button (shown below) to exit the FTP client, or choose File from the menu bar and choose Disconnect.

   

2. To learn more about how to use the F-Secure SSH Client, please consult the help documentation in the program by clicking on Help on the F-Secure SSH Client menu bar.