Difference between revisions of "Remote Access for Z Drives"
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# Open Windows File Explorer either by right clicking the “Start” button and selecting “File Explorer” or by pressing <code>⊞WIN + E</code> | # Open Windows File Explorer either by right clicking the “Start” button and selecting “File Explorer” or by pressing <code>⊞WIN + E</code> | ||
# Right click “This PC” and select “Map network drive…” | # Right click “This PC” and select “Map network drive…” | ||
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# Type the network location (folder) of your drive, select “Connect using different credentials,” and click “Finish.” If you don’t know the network location of your drive, see the table below. Be sure to replace “username” with your CS username: | # Type the network location (folder) of your drive, select “Connect using different credentials,” and click “Finish.” If you don’t know the network location of your drive, see the table below. Be sure to replace “username” with your CS username: | ||
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# Enter your CS account credentials prepended by “cs\” and click “OK” | # Enter your CS account credentials prepended by “cs\” and click “OK” | ||
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# Your Z drive should now be connected. Note that it will not be available if you disconnect from the VPN. | # Your Z drive should now be connected. Note that it will not be available if you disconnect from the VPN. | ||
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== Linux == | == Linux == | ||
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==== SSHFS ==== | ==== SSHFS ==== | ||
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== MacOS == | == MacOS == | ||
Revision as of 16:24, 14 April 2020
In progress
Windows
- Connect to the CS VPN. Instructions on doing so can be found here.
- Open Windows File Explorer either by right clicking the “Start” button and selecting “File Explorer” or by pressing
⊞WIN + E - Right click “This PC” and select “Map network drive…”
- Type the network location (folder) of your drive, select “Connect using different credentials,” and click “Finish.” If you don’t know the network location of your drive, see the table below. Be sure to replace “username” with your CS username:
- Enter your CS account credentials prepended by “cs\” and click “OK”
- Your Z drive should now be connected. Note that it will not be available if you disconnect from the VPN.
Linux
CIFS
Note that this method will require super user privileges. If you are not a privileged user, see SSHFS below.
- Install the cifs-utils package from your distribution's package manager
SSHFS
- Install sshfs from your distribution's package manager
MacOS
- From the Go menu, select "Connect to Server"
- Type in your network location from the table below. Replace all backslashes "\" with forward slashes "/" and prepend the path with
smb:. For example:
$ smb://cifs-dgs.cs.odu.edu/Undergrad/username
Network locations
| Account type | Network location |
|---|---|
| Undergraduate | \\cifs-dgs.cs.odu.edu\Undergrad\username |
| Graduate | \\cifs-ecs.cs.odu.edu\Grad\username |
| Staff | \\cifs-dgs.cs.odu.edu\Staff\username |
| Faculty | \\cifs-ecs.cs.odu.edu\Faculty\username |
Be sure to replace "username" with your computer science username.
