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| − | + | These instructions are for the GNOME desktop. | |
| + | ===On-Campus Access to Orca Students=== | ||
| + | #Go to 'Places' , then 'Connect to Server'. | ||
| + | #Select 'Windows share' under 'Service type'. | ||
| + | #Type in 'orca' in the 'Server:' field. | ||
| + | #Type in the 'students' in the 'Share' field. | ||
| + | #Click Connect! | ||
| + | ===Off-Campus Access to Orca Students=== | ||
| − | + | #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 Orca Students: <code>mkdir /mnt/orca_students</code> | |
| − | + | #In a web browser (Firefox) go to '''https://myfiles.evergreen.edu/academics/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://myfiles.evergreen.edu/academics/programs /mnt/orca_programs</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://myfiles.evergreen.edu/academics/students" with the link you copied in step 5. | ||
| + | #* and "/mnt/orca_students" with the directory you created as a mount point in step 3. | ||
| + | #You will be prompted for a username and password. These will be your evergreen.edu credentials. | ||
| + | #Once this is done, you'll have access to your student share at /mnt/orca_students! | ||
Revision as of 15:05, 10 November 2009
These instructions are for the GNOME desktop.
On-Campus Access to Orca Students
- Go to 'Places' , then 'Connect to Server'.
- Select 'Windows share' under 'Service type'.
- Type in 'orca' in the 'Server:' field.
- Type in the 'students' in the 'Share' field.
- Click Connect!
Off-Campus Access to Orca Students
- 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 Orca Students:
mkdir /mnt/orca_students - In a web browser (Firefox) go to https://myfiles.evergreen.edu/academics/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://myfiles.evergreen.edu/academics/programs /mnt/orca_programs
replacing the following:- "username" with your own local username
- "groupname" with your groupname (find out by typing:
id -n -g) - "https://myfiles.evergreen.edu/academics/students" with the link you copied in step 5.
- and "/mnt/orca_students" with the directory you created as a mount point in step 3.
- You will be prompted for a username and password. These will be your evergreen.edu credentials.
- Once this is done, you'll have access to your student share at /mnt/orca_students!
