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    • Course development and management tools
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      • Creating your own instructional media/web materials
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      • One-on-one consulting
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• Software and Hardware
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• Training and Workshops
  • Certification and testing
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• Information Systems
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• Scholarly Cyberinfrastructure
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    • Digital Library Program
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    • Services
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  • Visualization
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• Security and Policies
  • Security
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    • Technology policies at IU

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Changing permissions with an SFTP client

Some SFTP programs with a graphical user interface allow you to change Unix file permissions. For instructions on how to do this using the SFTP programs in common use at Indiana University, see the following pages from the IU Webmaster:

• WinSCP (for Windows)
• Cyberduck (for Mac)

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• Last updated: Thu, 19 Mar 2009