This webpage is part of the SSH documentation. There are other pages which document methods for secure connection and file transport specific to Macs. This page details how to accomplish Dreamweaver4 file transfers to and from u.arizona.edu through an SSH tunnel while running under Windows. However, the sections on Dreamweaver Setup and File Copying are the same for Macs and PCs.

Here are tunneling instructions for DreamweaverMX. Since DreamweaverMX 2004 uses Secure FTP, it does not need to tunnel.

SSH

You must configure and start a tunnel to your webserver through a secure (SSH) connection.

• For Windows you must configure SSH tunneling.
• For Mac OS 9 here are instructions for using MacSSH to tunnel.
• For Mac OS X you need to issue one command in a Terminal window.

Dreamweaver Setup

• Start Dreamweaver.
• From the main menu under Site choose Define Sites.
• Click the New button.
• Click Local Info from the Category list in the left pane and configure the Local Info on the right like the sample below.
  • The Site Name can be whatever you choose but tunnel was chosen to indicate this is the path to SSH's file-transfer tunnel.
  • Click on the folder icon to select the Local Folder you will use most often to store Dreamweaver files.
  • Clear the HTTP Address field.
  • Uncheck the two checkboxes, Refresh Local File List and Cache
    (leaving them checked will slow down the transfer process).
  • If a small window opens and asks if you want to create a cache file for this site, click Don't Create.
  • Do not click OK yet.

    
    
    

• Click Remote Info in the left pane and configure the Remote Info on the right like the sample below.
  (For V.3 Dreamweaver click Web Server Info and choose FTP)
  • Next to Access click the dropdown arrow and choose FTP. This makes more options appear.
  • For FTP Host use the word localhost or 127.0.0.1 (these two values are synonymous for the location where Dreamweaver places outgoing files and watches for incoming files).
  • For Login use your UA NetID.
  • Click OK.
  • Click Done in the Define Sites window.

    
    
    

• From the main menu under Edit choose Preferences.
• Highlight Site and verify that Firewall Port is set to 21.
• Click OK.

  
  
  

• You can go back and define more sites if you have other Login names on other webservers to which you want to tunnel, otherwise, you are done with your one-time tunel definition. If you have the same name on all the webservers you use, this single tunnel definition will work for all of them.

To Copy Files between the U-System and Dreamweaver

File Copying with Dreamweaver

• From the main menu under Site choose Open Site.
• A window opens with your default directory listed.
• In this window under Site choose Connect or click the Connect icon on the toolbar.
• Here you will be prompted for your password.
• Highlight local or remote files that you want copied. Use the Shift key to select a range of files.
  • Use the down-arrow to get files to your PC (under Site there is a Get option also).
  • Use the up-arrow to put files to the U-System/web server (under Site there is a Put option also.)
  • Use the drag-and-drop capability to copy files by dragging a highlighted file and dropping it in the opposite pane.
  
  
  

• If you stored a webpage, verify that the public can view it by trying to view it yourself with a browser. If you get a "Forbidden" error, you need to verify the permissions to make your page viewable on the web
• When you have finished, remember to Disconnect on Dreamweavers toolbar and Exit the Dreamweaver and SSH applications that you have running.