Files and directories can be transferred through the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). FTP clients can connect to a directory on an FTP server by supplying the following essential information:

server name	ftp.csupomona.edu
username	your username
password	your password
remote directory	specify a directory

The remote directory is optional,and if omitted a connection is made to your home directory. Users connecting to group directories should specify a directory of the form /dfs/group/groupname. File and directory ACLs are respected by the FTP server; a user needs read access to get a file or view a directory listing, write/insert access to put a file or make a directory, and delete access to delete a file.

Users can browse files and directories through FTP using URLs of the form

ftp://username@ftp.csupomona.edu/dfs/user/username,

that include your username (username), the name of the FTP server (ftp.csupomona.edu), and a file or directory (e.g., /dfs/user/username).