How Do I Transfer Files?

Any user from anywhere in the world who has a computer with an Internet browser or FTP client can access EFT and transfer files—provided the computer on which the user is attempting to connect to EFT is allowed access and the user has an account defined on EFT. The user account itself or the group to which it belongs must have the appropriate permissions (upload, download, create folders, and so on) assigned on the VFS tab of the administration interface. When users log in to the server, they connect only to their home folders and cannot browse above their home folders.

EFT allows the following methods through which you can transfer files to and from EFT:

The Plain-Text Client (PTC) uses the POST method (the preferred method for sending lengthy form data). HTTP or HTTPS transfers must be enabled in the EFT administration interface and your users must have permission to upload to EFT using HTTP or HTTPS. File transfers with the PTC are limited to files that are less than 2GB. For details of transferring files with the PTC, refer to Using the Plain-Text Client (PTC).
The Web Transfer Client (WTC), a separately licensed module, is a browser-based file transfer client that allows users to transfer files over HTTP or HTTPS using a Web browser. The WTC can resume transfers and can send multiple files concurrently. It also has drag-and-drop support, integrity validation, a transfer queue, and no file-size limit. For details of transferring files with the WTC, refer to Transferring Files with the Web Transfer Client.
Globalscape's CuteFTP® or a similar "FTP client" can be used to connect to EFT and transfer files. For more information about CuteFTP, refer to its product page, http://www.cuteftp.com.
When logged in to the EFT computer, administrators can manage files on EFT using Windows Explorer. By default, user files are stored in the C:\Inetpub\EFTRoot\ folder in the Usr folder under the Site on which their account is defined. So in the illustration below, user imauser, defined on GSSite, stores files in the imauser folder. You can drag and drop, copy and paste, and create and delete files and folders in which you have permissions, just like in Windows Explorer. For example, suppose user imauser has gone over her quota and can no longer upload any files. Instead of increasing the quota for the folder, you can delete files from the imauser folder that imauser no longer wants, or move them to some other accessible storage.