The IU Research File System (RFS)
storage space is accessible from Linux using various methods.
Here are some basic
instructions for accessing RFS on the CS Linux machines.
Using OpenAFS
You can use OpenAFS to access RFS like any other directory. In order
for this to work, the system must have the openafs kernel module loaded
and the openafs daemon must be running. We have this enabled on all of
the CS Linux systems so you can first
authenticate with:
% kinit
% aklog
You can verify that this worked by running klist which should list
two tickets, krbtgt/IU.EDU@IU.EDU
and afs@IU.EDU. Note that no arguments are required when using
kinit and aklog on the CS Linux systems as long as you are logged in
using the same username as your IU Network ID. If you are using a
different username (which might be the case if you are using a project
or class account) or if you are trying to access an AFS cell other than
the default IU.EDU then you may have to provide additional arguments.
For example, here
is how you can explicitly specify the kerberos realm and AFS Cell for
IU:
% kinit username@IU.EDU
% aklog -c IU.EDU -k IU.EDU
Once authenticated, your RFS directory will be accessible using a
directory path like this:
/afs/iu.edu/home/u/s/username
The two directory components after /home are the first and second letters in
your username.
So, if your username was janedoe, you would find your files residing in /afs/iu.edu/home/j/a/janedoe.
More information about using OpenAFS to access RFS is available in the
UITS Knowledge Base at
http://kb.iu.edu/data/arxs.html.
Using SSH/SFTP
You can use sftp to connect to RFS by running:
% sftp username@rfs.iu.edu
Using RFSWeb
You can access RFS using a web browser via the URL
https://rfs-gw1.iu.edu/cgi-bin/rfsweb.pl. Please
see the UITS KB article at
http://kb.iu.edu/data/arxi.html
for more details.
