To use the central disk space which is offered, you must connect to the network drives to which you have access. You need to "mount" your network drives.
When a network drive is mounted, you will see the drive letter and/or disk name associated with the disk space in the (Windows) Explorer or (Mac) Finder. You can then open files or save them on the network drive.
A number of network drives are mounted automatically on Athena and on all (Windows) PCs installed using the rollout and joined to the Active Directory domain.
You will have to add NEW network drives.
Tip: first check if your network drives are mounted automatically.
Make sure the computer is connected correctly to the UGentNet. From outside the UGent, this means that you first need to set up a VPN-connection
When you mount a network drive, you assign a drive letter to the (server path of the) network drive. The letters A, B, C, H, S, W, X, Y and Z cannot be used.
A number of drive letters are reserved.
H: |
for your homedrive, personal disk space; is mounted automatically on Athena and on all (Windows) PCs installed using the rollout and joined to the Active Directory domain. Drivemapping is: \\files.ugent.be\login\home |
S: |
only for UGent staff: grouping all your shares; is mounted automatically on Athena and on all (Windows) PCs installed using the rollout and joined to the Active Directory domain. Drivemapping is: \\files.ugent.be\login\shares |
W: |
for your personal web space Drivemapping is: \\files.ugent.be\login\www |
Make sure the computer is connected correctly to the UGentNet. From outside the UGent, this means that you first need to set up a VPN-connection
Mac OS X does not use a drive letter but a drive name to refer to a mounted network drive.
Use this method to reach your network drives:Make sure the computer is connected correctly to the UGentNet. From outside the UGent, this means that you first need to set up a VPN-connection
The shares are running samba version 3. This can cause issues on some distributions.
Keep the following in mind:
Make sure the computer is connected correctly to the UGentNet. From outside the UGent, this means that you first need to set up a VPN-connection
[global] client min protocol = SMB2_10 ; default is 'CORE' (MS-DOS era) client max protocol = SMB3 ; default was 'NT1' (aka CIFS) until Samba v4.6 ; finally includes SMB3 as of Samba v4.7