How to connect to a Uni network drive in Linux. If you do not know the path of the network drive you need to access, please contact your local admin team or the IS Helpline. For the path to your personal home drive, please visit: My homespace info ------------- Connect to the University network If your Linux machine is not connected to the Uni network by an ethernet cable or eduroam wi-fi, e.g. if it is off-campus, please register for, set up and connect to the University Virtual Private Network (VPN) service to authenticate your computer: Connecting to the VPN Service ------------- Map a DataStore drive with CIFS You can map a DataStore directory to a local directory on your computer using the CIFS file-sharing protocol (needs root access): mount -t cifs -o username=UUN,uid=LOCALUSERNAME,domain=ED //COLLEGE.datastore.ed.ac.uk/path/to/DataStore/directory /path/to/local/directory You may alternatively find that the command, depending on your type of Linux system, is: sudo mount.cifs //path/to/DataStore/directory /path/to/local/directory -o user=ED\\UUN Where COLLEGE is either chss, cmvm, csce or sg depending on the DataStore area you are mapping and UUN is your University username. ------------- Map a DataStore drive with NFS NFS access is restricted by a firewall. If you require access to the NFS service, you must first register your machine with the ECDF team (IS Research Services). A static IP address and root access is also required for NFS access. Please contact the IS Helpline for further information. Run the following command to mount an NFS drive: mount.nfs COLLEGE.datastore.ed.ac.uk:/exports/COLLEGE/datastore/path/to/DataStore/directory /path/to/local/directory Where COLLEGE is either chss, cmvm, csce or sg depending on the DataStore area you are mapping. ------------- Map a DataStore drive with SMB Command line access using smbclient is also possible, for example: smbclient \\\\COLLEGE.datastore.ed.ac.uk\\COLLEGE -W ED -U UUN Where COLLEGE is either chss, cmvm, csce or sg depending on the DataStore area you are mapping and UUN is your University username. ------------- Related links Request DataStore access Need any help? HTML Contact the IS Helpline This article was published on 2024-10-08
