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| + | ==On-Campus Access== | ||
| + | #Go to 'Places' , then 'Connect to Server'. | ||
| + | #Select 'Windows share' under 'Service type'. | ||
| + | #Type in the name of the server you want to connect to in the 'Server:' field | ||
| + | #*'''''examples:''''' | ||
| + | #*'''smb://hurricane''' for faculty and staff file server | ||
| + | #*'''smb://orca''' for students and academic file shares (programs, groups, research, student) | ||
| + | #Type in the name of the share or folder in the 'Share' field | ||
| + | #*'''''examples:''''' | ||
| + | #* Hurricane users: select the first letter of your last name, or workgroup share | ||
| + | #* Orca users: select programs (for academic programs), groups, research or students | ||
| + | #Click Connect! | ||
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| + | ==Off-Campus Access== | ||
| + | ===Read Only Access=== | ||
| + | #In a web browser go to the share you want to connect to | ||
| + | #*'''''examples:''''' | ||
| + | #*Hurricane = https://files.evergreen.edu | ||
| + | #*Orca programs = https://myfiles.evergreen.edu/academics/programs | ||
| + | #*Orca groups = https://myfiles.evergreen.edu/academics/acadgroups | ||
| + | #*Orca research = https://myfiles.evergreen.edu/academics/research | ||
| + | #*Orca students = https://myfiles.evergreen.edu/homes/students | ||
| + | #login when prompted using your Evergreen username and password | ||
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| + | ===Read/Write Access=== | ||
| + | #Install davfs2, either through your package manager or by building from the source found at http://sourceforge.net/projects/dav/files/ | ||
| + | #Open a Terminal and become root (<code>sudo -i</code>) for the following commands. | ||
| + | #Create a mount point for the share you want to connect to. | ||
| + | #*Example: <code>mkdir /mnt/my_mount</code> | ||
| + | #In a web browser go to the share you want to connect to | ||
| + | #*'''''examples:''''' | ||
| + | #*Hurricane = https://files.evergreen.edu | ||
| + | #*Orca programs = https://myfiles.evergreen.edu/academics/programs | ||
| + | #*Orca groups = https://myfiles.evergreen.edu/academics/acadgroups | ||
| + | #*Orca research = https://myfiles.evergreen.edu/academics/research | ||
| + | #*Orca students = https://myfiles.evergreen.edu/homes/students | ||
| + | #Right click on the folder that you want and copy the link. | ||
| + | #Type this command into your Teminal: | ||
| + | #*<code>mount.davfs -ouid=username,gid=groupname https://serverpath/folder /mnt/my_mount</code> <br />replacing the following: | ||
| + | #* "username" with your own local username | ||
| + | #* "groupname" with your groupname (find out by typing: <code>id -n -g</code>) | ||
| + | #* "https://serverpath/folder" with the link you copied above | ||
| + | #* and "/mnt/my_mount" with the directory you created as a mount point above | ||
| + | #You will be prompted for a username and password. These will be your evergreen.edu credentials. | ||
| + | #Once this is done, you'll have read and write access to your share | ||
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| + | [[Category:File Space]] | ||
Revision as of 15:11, 13 April 2010
These instructions are for the GNOME desktop.
On-Campus Access
- Go to 'Places' , then 'Connect to Server'.
- Select 'Windows share' under 'Service type'.
- Type in the name of the server you want to connect to in the 'Server:' field
- examples:
- smb://hurricane for faculty and staff file server
- smb://orca for students and academic file shares (programs, groups, research, student)
- Type in the name of the share or folder in the 'Share' field
- examples:
- Hurricane users: select the first letter of your last name, or workgroup share
- Orca users: select programs (for academic programs), groups, research or students
- Click Connect!
Off-Campus Access
Read Only Access
- In a web browser go to the share you want to connect to
- examples:
- Hurricane = https://files.evergreen.edu
- Orca programs = https://myfiles.evergreen.edu/academics/programs
- Orca groups = https://myfiles.evergreen.edu/academics/acadgroups
- Orca research = https://myfiles.evergreen.edu/academics/research
- Orca students = https://myfiles.evergreen.edu/homes/students
- login when prompted using your Evergreen username and password
Read/Write Access
- Install davfs2, either through your package manager or by building from the source found at http://sourceforge.net/projects/dav/files/
- Open a Terminal and become root (
sudo -i) for the following commands. - Create a mount point for the share you want to connect to.
- Example:
mkdir /mnt/my_mount
- Example:
- In a web browser go to the share you want to connect to
- examples:
- Hurricane = https://files.evergreen.edu
- Orca programs = https://myfiles.evergreen.edu/academics/programs
- Orca groups = https://myfiles.evergreen.edu/academics/acadgroups
- Orca research = https://myfiles.evergreen.edu/academics/research
- Orca students = https://myfiles.evergreen.edu/homes/students
- Right click on the folder that you want and copy the link.
- Type this command into your Teminal:
mount.davfs -ouid=username,gid=groupname https://serverpath/folder /mnt/my_mount
replacing the following:- "username" with your own local username
- "groupname" with your groupname (find out by typing:
id -n -g) - "https://serverpath/folder" with the link you copied above
- and "/mnt/my_mount" with the directory you created as a mount point above
- You will be prompted for a username and password. These will be your evergreen.edu credentials.
- Once this is done, you'll have read and write access to your share
