Installing and Using WebDrive on Your Windows Computer

What is WebDrive?

WebDrive is a WINDOWS software application that will allow users to connect remotely to files stored on a server. At Clarion you will be able to connect to files that are saved on the JUPITER server. Each user has 50 MB of storage space.

Macintosh OS X users can connect to Jupiter using Samba but only on campus.

How Do I Install WebDrive?

For students and faculty who want to use the software on their personal computer, they will have to install it using the steps in the document linked to below. Contact the Help Desk at x2640 if you have any problems with your installation.

Go to: http://www.clarion.edu/webdrive/webdrive_download.pdf

Use WebDrive when you want to publish files to the Web or to store files at a remote location where you can access them from another location. Each student, faculty, and staff member has space allocated on the Jupiter server. You can publish files to the Web or merely save files for use remotely. The home version of WebDrive does not provide you with desktop icons to connect or disconnect. You will need to open the application manually. For information on using WebDrive on campus, visit: http://www.clarion.edu/admin/computing/WebDrive/web_drive_campus.htm

1. To open your file space on Jupiter, go to Start>Programs>Jupiter where you will be prompted for your username and password.

2. Enter your Jupiter username and password and then click OK. The Jupiter username and password should be the same password you use to access the iClarion portal or email.
   

If you cannot log in, you may need to reset your password. To reset your password, go to Computing Services home page and click on the link to “Change iClarion Password.” It will reset your logon password to Windows as well as iClarion and Jupiter. Please allow a few minutes for all the password changes to update before trying to login to Jupiter.

3. Once you connect to Jupiter you should see the Windows Explorer window for the Jupiter WebDrive (X) as shown below.

IMPORTANT: Ignore the .profile and .bash_history files. They are used for Unix administration and cannot be hidden with WebDrive.

The public_html folder is typically used to publish web pages and the private folder is for storing files that only you can access.

Please be sure to store all sensitive information that you don’t want the public to view in your private folder and NOT in your public_html folder.

Do not put files outside the “private” and public_html” folders.

The public_html and private folders have a combined disk quota limit of 50 MB and the information in these folders is backed up nightly. You can drag and drop files and folders to your WedDrive (X) public_html and private folders just like any other drive or folder on your system.

To VIEW WEB PAGES you have put into your public_html folder use the URL below:

http://jupiter.clarion.edu/~username  

(Substitute "username" with the username you used above when signing on to Jupiter.) 

Center for Computing Services Clarion University of Pennsylvania July 15, 2004, updated 8/2704.
URL: http://www.clarion.edu/webdrive/webdrive_home.htm
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