URLs for Folders Managed with OpenAFS

This page shows you how to construct the URL for any folder that is managed with OpenAFS. It also provides the access privileges normally used for certain types of folders. To create the URL for a specific folder, you will need to know the:

• transfer protocol to be used (http, ftp)
• type of user accessing the desired folder (Unity user, anyone)
• location of that folder (AFS® Home folder, NC State course locker, personal locker)

NOTE: The URL formats provided here will take you to the folder level only. To get to a specific file, you will need to append the file name to the format. Examples of URLs with file names included are given below. In addition, the italicized parts of the folder-level URL formats are ficticious, given as examples only. It is essential that you replace these with their counterparts from your own real-life situation so that your URLs will work properly.

To make sure you have correctly formatted a complete URL (including the file name), type it into your Web browser and view the page. Once you have verified that the URL works, you may want to add it to your bookmarks.

For your convenience, below are quick lookup tables that link you to the procedure for constructing a desired folder URL. They are organized by file transfer protocol, type of user accessing the folder and the folder’s location. Each link in the right-hand column of a table will take you to the URL format for a specific combination of protocol, user and location.

URL lookup by file transfer protocol:

URL lookup by user accessing the folder:

URL lookup by folder location:

Folders to be accessed via http by anyone

• www sub-folder in an AFS® Home folder

URL format: http://www4.ncsu.edu/~owner

Be sure to change:
owner to the Unity ID of the AFS® Home folder’s owner

Example (including a file name):
http://www4.ncsu.edu/~sahas/hobbies.html

Folder access to be granted by the AFS® Home folder owner using OpenAFS:

• Folder in an NC State course locker

URL format: http://courses.ncsu.edu/course/folder

Be sure to change:
1. course to the official NC State designation for the course
2. folder to the name of the desired folder in the locker

Example (including a file name):
http://courses.ncsu.edu/ubw101/newnotes/page3.html

Folder access to be granted by the locker owner using OpenAFS:

• Folder in a personal locker

URL format:
http://www2.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/initial/owner/folder

Be sure to change:
1. initial to the first letter of the Unity ID of the locker’s owner
2. owner to the Unity ID of the locker owner
3. folder to the name of the desired folder in the locker

Example (including a file name):
http://www2.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/j/jddoe/econ_files/data.html

Folder access to be granted by the personal locker owner using OpenAFS:

Folders to be accessed via ftp by a Unity user only

• Sub-folder in an AFS ® Home folder

URL format:
ftp://unityuser@ftp.ncsu.edu/%2Fafs/unity/users/initial/owner/folder

NOTE: This format works in Internet Explorer, Netscape and Mozilla but not in Safari or Opera. A person who uses a URL in this format will be prompted for a Unity password.

Be sure to change:
1. unityuser to the Unity ID of the person accessing the folder
2. initial to the first letter of the Unity ID of the AFS® Home folder’s owner
3. owner to the Unity ID of the AFS® Home folder’s owner
4. folder to the name of the desired sub-folder

Example (including a file name):
ftp://jddoe@ftp.ncsu.edu/%2Fafs/unity/users/s/sahas/chap2/pg9.doc/

Folder access to be granted by the Home folder owner using OpenAFS:

• Folder in an NC State course locker

URL format :
ftp://unityuser@ftp.ncsu.edu/%2Fafs/unity/lockers/class/course/folder

NOTE: This format works in Internet Explorer, Netscape and Mozilla but not in Safari or Opera.

Be sure to change:
1. unityuser to the Unity ID of the person accessing the folder
2. course to the official NC State designation of the course
3. folder to the name of the desired folder in the locker

Example (including a file name):
ftp://jddoe@ftp.ncsu.edu/%2Fafs/unity/lockers/ubw101/wk4/ex.doc

Folder access to be granted by the course locker owner using OpenAFS:

• Folder in a personal locker

URL format :
ftp://unityuser@ftp.ncsu.edu/%2Fafs/unity/lockers/users/initial/owner/folder

NOTE: This format works in Internet Explorer, Netscape and Mozilla but not in Safari or Opera.

Be sure to change:
1. unityuser to the Unity ID of the person accessing the folder
2. initial to the first letter of the Unity ID of the locker owner
3. owner to the Unity ID of the locker owner
4. folder to the name of the desired folder in the locker

Example (including a file name):
ftp://jddoe@ftp.ncsu.edu/%2Fafs/unity/lockers/s/sahas/pix/kim.jpg

Folder access to be granted by the personal locker owner using OpenAFS:

Folders to be accessed via ftp by anyone

• Folder in an AFS® Home folder

No URL is available. Anonymous ftp cannot be used to access an AFS® Home folder.

• Folder in an NC State course locker

URL format:
ftp://ftp.ncsu.edu/pub/unity/lockers/class/course/folder

Be sure to change:
1. course to the official NC State designation for the course
2. folder to the name of the desired folder in the locker

Example (including a file name):
ftp://ftp.ncsu.edu/pub/unity/lockers/class/ubw101/reviews/ten.doc

Folder access to be granted by the course locker owner using OpenAFS:

• Folder in a personal locker

URL format:
ftp://ftp.ncsu.edu/pub/unity/lockers/users/initial/owner/folder

Be sure to change:
1. initial to the first letter of the Unity ID of the locker owner
2. owner to the Unity ID of the locker owner
3. folder to the name of the desired folder in the locker

Example (including a file name):
ftp://ftp.ncsu.edu/pub/unity/lockers/users/s/sahas/pets/jake.jpg

Folder access to be granted by the personal locker owner using OpenAFS:

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Last modified September 14, 2006 by cawalker