Uploading files from mac to a unix system

[Soapy Bones]

Just got a call from a friend of mine and he's trying to upload files (like homework type stuff) from a MAC to unix system. He said that he's got a log in and password but the teaching assistant has given them absolutely nothing else for how to do it. Its logging into a university unix system and that's about all that I know at this point. Is there any glaring obvious thing we can try to do?

I suggested he find an FTP program but I dont know if what he has any sort of address to log in to it.

Suggestions
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[The Linuxator]

If he has a login and password and a domain that his college provided him with he can use an extension in firefox called fireFTP that should allow him to login to his unix account to transfer and upload files it asks him for a password, name and login domain, and just like that his files are available. Or he can use the OS X terminal and do an FTP transfer from there.

 

[n0cmonkey]

What version of Mac (a MAC is something TOTALLY DIFFERENT than a system from Apple) OS?

He's going to need to get either a domain name or URL or something to upload it. Without that info, the username/pass is pretty useless.

 

[drag]

probably the simpliest manner is to use sftp... which is using SSH to emulate a ftp connection. He'll need to know the ip address, his username and password minimally.

Straight Ftp is kinda difficult to get working around certain types of common firewalls, also it's very insecure.

 

[The Linuxator]

Originally posted by: drag
probably the simpliest manner is to use sftp... which is using SSH to emulate a ftp connection. He'll need to know the ip address, his username and password minimally.

Straight Ftp is kinda difficult to get working around certain types of common firewalls, also it's very insecure.

I never had a problem with using an FTP transfer neither at my current university nor at the six one's before it. Universities do take into account that students need to upload and download files to and from their account remotley.