Information Technology

File Storage

ISU NetID AFS Filespace

Official instructions from ITS for accessing your ISU NetID AFS file storage space can be found here.

Alternately, if you would like to be able to copy files back and forth without installing the AFS client, you can use WinSCP to access your AFS file space.

Once you have WinSCP installed, you can access your file space with these settings:

Click "Login".

You should now be able to copy files to and from your AFS file space.

Engineering Filespace

To access your Engineering file storage space from a Windows computer on campus, follow these steps:

  1. Click the start button, select "Run..."
  2. In the "Open:" field, enter "\\home.eng.iastate.edu\NetID" where NetID is replaced by your ISU NetID.
  3. Click "OK".
  4. Enter your ISU NetID and password into the dialog box that pops up asking for logon information.
  5. Your home directory will appear.

To access your Engineering file storage space from a (modern) unix computer:

  1. Open a command shell.
  2. Run: "sftp home.eng.iastate.edu"
  3. Login using your ISU NetID and password

To access your Engineering file storage space from a Windows machine from off campus:

  1. Download WinSCP if you don't already have it.
  2. Fill in "home.eng.iastate.edu" for the hostname.
  3. Fill in your ISU NetID and password for the User name and password.
  4. Click Login.
  5. If it presents a warning like "The server's host key was not found in the cache.", click Yes to add the key to your local key cache.
  6. You will be presented with a familiar FTP-like interface.

Alternately, you can follow these directions to set up a "My Network Place" to your Engineering file storage space.

Engineering Scratch Space

Part of the Engineering file storage system includes "scratch" space for all users. This space is generally uncontrolled, but it is monitored for abuse and misuse.

Here are the groundrules for the scratch space:

  • Educational purposes only (coursework related, etc.).
  • Soft quota limit of 4GB per user.
  • Scratch space is not backed up. Keep important things in your home directory (U: drive).
  • Don't mess with other people's stuff.

To connect to your personal scratch space, read this.

To connect to the shared scratch space, read this.

Problems connecting to file storage

If you are having troubles connecting to any of the different file storage locations, you may need to change the security settings on your computer to match those of our servers. To do this, please download the NTLMv2 fix (right click > save as) and save it to your desktop. After you extract the zip file (right click > extract in Windows), double click the file and select yes when prompted to update the registry. After doing this, please reboot your computer. If you still have trouble connecting, please contact support.