Accessing Your SC Data

This page describes how a user can access their data on the SC environment

Please note: Per the USF IT Office of Information Security, the use of FTP is prohibited on Research Computing Resources. An encrypted transfer method such as SFTP must be used instead.

To connect to SC from off campus, please install and connect to the USF VPN first. How To Connect to USF VPN

SFTP/SCP

Several popular SCP clients are listed below. You should consult their respective documentation for usage information. You’ll need to remember the following:

• Hostname: sc.rc.usf.edu
• Port (if asked): 22
• Username: Your USF NetID
• Password: Your USF NetID Password

 

Popular clients:

• WinSCP (Windows): http://winscp.net/
• Cyberduck (Mac OSX): https://cyberduck.io/?l=en
• The native file managers on Linux support SFTP/SCP by default

Pros:

• Highly Secure, Encrypted Communications
• Usable from off-campus
• Supports viewing and modifying Linux file permissions

Cons:

• Some learning curve
• Requires log in before each use

Command Line Tools

You can, of course, interact with your data from the command line via SSH. Popular SSH clients are listed below.

• PuTTY: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

Pros

• Highly Secure, Encrypted Communications
• Usable from off-campus
• Supports viewing and modifying Linux file permissions
• The full power of a Linux command-line at your finger tips

Cons

• For new users, the learning curve is great
• Requires log in before each use
• Its very easy to hurt yourself if you don’t know what you’re doing.