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Using Fugu (SFTP) with Your Personal Web Space

This guide is based on Fugu version 1.2.

You can download Fugu from the University of Michigan Research Systems Unix Group.

FTP & SFTP. Double-click the disk image (.dmg) for Fugu. Click Agree on the license agreement to complete the expansion of the disk image. The Fugu virtual disk will mount onto your desktop. Double click the virtual disk,to open a window with the Fugu program in it. Please copy the Fugu program to your hard drive, preferably to the Applications folder. In the Applications folder, open the Fugu application by double-clicking on its icon.

Logging Into Your Personal Storage Space

Upon startup, Fugu will prompt you to enter your connection settings. If you'd like to "bookmark" this setup for quick access or will be managing SFTP logins to multiple servers, click the Add to Favorites button for each connection you set up.

  1. Complete the login form as follows:

    Connect to: <your Internet Id>.email.umn.edu
    Username: <your Internet ID>
    Port: leave empty.
    Directory: leave empty.

  2. When you're ready, click Connect to proceed.

  3. The first time Fugu connects to a server, it will prompt you to confirm its authenticity:

  4. Click Continue.

  5. Fugu will now prompt you for your password:

  6. This is the same as your University of Minnesota X500 Internet Password (the one you use to log in to webmail). Type in your password and click the Authenticate button. You may Add Password to Keychain if you want to save your password.

  7. If your password is authentic, Fugu will take you to your personal storage space:

Congratulations! This screen means you've successfully logged into your SFTP space with Fugu.

Using Fugu

Once you have connected, you will see the main window. The left half of the main window shows the local filesystem on your computer. The right half of the main window shows the remote information on the server. Left for "local", right for "remote".

Navigating Directories

  1. You'll find the path for both the local and the remote directories displayed in the drop-down menu above each list.

  2. You can change directory by double-clicking the name of a directory in the file list.

  3. Navigate out of the current directory using the drop-down menu above the file list.

  4. Use the up arrow to the right of each drop-down to show the parent directory of the current folder.

  5. Finally, the History button lists directories you have visited on this host. You may re-enter any one by selecting it from the history list. Choosing the Go To... command from the Directories menu prompts you for a directory name and makes that the current directory.

Uploading and Downloading Files

  1. To "get" or "download" a file, drag it from the remote window to the Finder. Fugu will automatically detect the file type. To get multiple files, or directories, click on them while holding down the Command key and then drag them to the Finder.

  2. To transfer a file from your local directory to the remote machine, simply drag the file into the remote location window. To transfer multiple files, or folders, to another machine hold down the command key and drag the files into the remote location window.

  3. You may cancel any on-going operation by pressing the Cancel button. Some remote computers do not support the cancel command and will continue the current operation until it is completed. In that case your only options are to close the connection (by clicking Disconnect) or to quit out of Fugu by choosing the Quit command from the Fugu menu.

Setting File Permissions

When you use FUGU, to transfter files the pages you transfer will not be readable to others. To make these pages viewable to others or viewable on the web, you will need to change the file permissions for the folders and or files within FUGU. Continue reading for instructions on how to set the file permissions.

  1. After you have uploaded your file(s), if any of the files that you want to be seen by others are inside folder, first set the permissions on these folders. Click the directory folder name to highlight it, then click the Info icon at the top. In the window that opens, select the access levels you wish in the Permissions section.
  2. To make a your documents viewable on the web select Read for all, Execute for all, and Write only for the owner. The Octal Mode Representation should be 755.

  3. For individual files you do not need to set the permissions to be Execute for all. Instead set the permisssions for individual files to

Need more help?

If you more help using Fugu, please see the help files that come with the program, or call Technology Help at 612-301-4357 (1-HELP).