Downloading a Secure Copy or Secure FTP Client to Your Own Personal Desktop

Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP/Vista

WinSCP

1. Installation ON YOUR OWN PC
   1. Point your browser to the WinSCP download page:
      http://winscp.vse.cz/eng/download.php
   2. Near the top of the window, click on Download.
   3. Scroll down to the most recent version of WinSCP that ISN'T labeled "alpha" or "beta."
   4. Immediately below the version number, click on Installation package.
   5. This will pop up a window to download the installation wizard, so choose to save it to your desktop (or wherever you like). When it's done downloading, you may need to click Close.
   6. Go to where you downloaded the file to. You'll find an icon named winscp###setup (except ### will actually be the version number), which looks like a little computer and a CD.
   7. Double-click on the winscp###setup icon. This will start the installation wizard.
   8. Follow the directions in the setup wizard. You'll probably be happiest with the Explorer-like interface.
   9. After you've completed the installation, delete the winscp###setup file, either by moving it to your Recycle Bin, or by right clicking on it and selecting Delete from the menu.
2. Running
   1. To run WinSCP, just double-click on the WinSCP icon on your desktop.
   2. This will pop up the WinSCP Login window. In the upper left, click on Session, which will take you to the Session section.
   3. In the text box under Host name, type ssh.coe.ou.edu
   4. In the text box under User name, type your OU4+4.
   5. DON'T TYPE YOUR PASSWORD IN THIS WINDOW! Storing passwords on your PC entails significant security risks.
   6. Under Protocol, select SCP.
   7. If you want to save this combination of host name and user name, click Save. This will pop up a window titled Save session as; click OK.
   8. Click Login.
   9. If a window pops up that says something about the "host key" (or any yes/no question), click Yes.
   10. A popup window will request your password. Enter it and click OK (or press the Enter key).
   11. You'll now get a popup window that looks very similar to a regular Windows folder. You can move files to and from this window very much like how you move files to and from a regular Windows folder, except that, when you move a file, you may be asked whether to copy the file. Click Copy.

PSFTP

1. Point your browser to the PuTTY download page:
   http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
2. Go to the first section of downloads, labeled
   The latest release version
   ...
   For Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP and Vista on Intel x86
3. Right click on "psftp.exe," and from the menu select "Save Link As" (or something similar).
4. Save "psftp.exe" to your Windows desktop.
5. Now you can run PSFTP just by double-clicking on the PSFTP icon on your desktop.
6. Here's how to get a file from ssh.coe.ou.edu to your desktop. What you type is in computer bold font.
   psftp> open ssh.coe.ou.edu
   login as: yourusername
   Store key in cache? (y/n) y
   yourusername@ssh.coe.ou.edu's password: yourpassword [invisible]
   psftp> cd CS1313
   psftp> ls
   psftp> get pp4.txt
   (or whatever the filename is)
   psftp> quit
   The file should now be on your desktop.

MacOS

For MacOS, you can't use WinSCP or PSFTP, because they're only available for Windows.

However, you won't need them, because under Mac OS X, you can always use scp from the Unix command line.

Here's how to copy a file from ssh.coe.ou.edu to your Mac:

On your Mac, type
scp   yourusername@ssh.coe.ou.edu:CS1313/filename   .
where yourusername is your user name and filename is the name of the file that you want to copy.
Be sure to include the period at the end of the command!

Unix

Unix will be the same as MacOS, above.