Click 'Finish', enter your username and password when prompted, and if all is well the drive should now be mapped under the letter you assigned. Now, select a drive letter (usually you don't have to change it) and enter in the share location, in the format shown above. Make sure you tick the "Connect using different credentials" box. is still there if the user logs off and back on again) make sure the "Reconnect at Sign-in" box is ticked. If you want the share to be persistent (i.e. A window should open up asking for a drive letter, the share location, and two checkboxes for reconnection and alternate user authentication. To map the drive, go to 'My Computer'/'This PC' and click on the 'Map Network Drive' button in the top ribbon, under the tab 'Computer'. If all is well, you should be at the share folder. If you're prompted for a username and password, then enter them here. In the 'current folder' bar up the top (where it says 'This PC', 'C:\Usersįor example, if the IP of the machine is 10.0.0.1 and the share name is potatoes, you would enter: \\10.0.0.1\potatoes Your new shortcut will then appear on your desktop.As you're the one who set up the share, I'm assuming you know the share name and the IP for the machine.
Under “Network Location” you should see the network location you just created, plus any other mapped network drives.
Left-click on your machine name to open Windows Explorer.If you would like a shortcut to this server space to appear on your desktop, perform the following steps: If you log in to your computer with your uniqname and Kerberos password, you should be finished, but if you don’t, you may be prompted to provide those credentials at this point. Make sure the “Reconnect at logon” box is checked so you won’t have to repeat this process each time you log back in.It may look something like “\\umroot\lsa\dept\clas\” (without the quotes). In the “Folder” field, enter the network path provided to you.Some letters may be unavailable as they’ll already be in use. Select the drive letter you’d like to use by pulling down the “Drive” menu.Right-click your computer name (which should look something like “hist-1234abc” or “js-uniqname”).To mount a network drive on your Windows computer, perform the following steps: While you may have to enter your uniqname and Kerberos password once again after a new logon or reboot, you’ll still be able to use this alias to get to your file server space quickly. The alias on the left, however, will stay where it is and will always be accessible. This is important because when you log off or reboot your computer, the shortcut you see above on the right will disappear. The difference between these two is the small arrow on the left icon which indicates that it’s the alias shortcut you’ll want to keep on your desktop. You should then see two icons, the original and the alias. You should now hold down the option and command keys on your keyboard, then click the new shortcut and drag it in any direction, then let go of the mouse button.Once you’ve established your connection, you should see a shortcut to that location on your desktop.You may be prompted here to enter your uniqname and Kerberos password.Optionally, you can click the plus button next to the “Server Address” field so you can quickly get connected to it later if you lose your connection. It may look something like “cifs://lsa.m./lsa-humi” or “smb://lsa-users.m./lsa-users/ uniqname.” In the pop-up window’s “Server Address” field, enter the network path you were provided.Click the “Go” menu at the top of the screen.Click anywhere on your desktop to get to the Finder.
To mount a network drive on your Mac OS X computer, perform the following steps: