Career Accounts

Whether they're here four years or many more, all faculty, staff and students are provided with 5 gigabytes of storage in their Purdue Career Account as long as they are affiliated with Purdue. By storing and accessing documents through the Career Account home directory, the need to carry or print extra documents is eliminated. The home directory is always available, anytime, anywhere. A personal web page is also available (located in the "www" folder in the home directory).

Additional information about your Purdue Career Account may be found at:
http://www.purdue.edu/apps/account/Account

For information about how to change your Purdue Career Account password, click here.

Anyone needing login or password assistance may visit the ITaP Customer Service Center. A Purdue photo ID is needed for identification purposes.

Home Directory Access

From an ITaP lab:

From a Windows PC, go to Windows Explorer and look for drive H:
From an Apple Mac, your Career Account home directory is mounted as your home directory.

From your personal desktop or laptop:

From your personal Windows desktop or laptop, you can access your home directory using any secure File Transfer Protocol (FTP) program or set up a Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection.

Setup VPN and map home directory
To learn how to map your home directory over a VPN connection please read the following GoldAnswers Knowledge Base article http://support.purdue.edu/goldanswers/275701.

Using FTP
To use FTP, you will need a secure file transfer program.

SecureFX is used in the ITaP PC labs and is available for free download at
http://www.purdue.edu/securePurdue/download/
Fetch is used in the ITaP Mac labs and is available for free download at
http://fetchsoftworks.com/fetch/free

Fetch is free to all Purdue faculty, students, and staff by filling out the education license request form.

Use ftp.ics.purdue.edu for the server name and log in with your Purdue Career Account login and password. Any secure file transfer client can be used and many are available for free by downloading from the Internet.

For more information about FTP, see: Accessing your account using File Transfer Protocol

UNIX Access

UNIX can also be used to access your home directory. Your Career Account login and password can be used to log in to expert.ics.purdue.edu using a program that supports Secure Shell (SSH) , giving you access to a variety of tools, including the ability to access your MySQL database account.

Getting Help

The answer to your question might be in the GoldAnswers Knowledge Base. If you still need assistance, please contact the ITaP Customer Service Center.