Information Technology

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:

• Host name: afs.engineering.iastate.edu
• User name: your ISU NetID
• Password: your ISU NetID password

Click "Login".

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

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.