Accessing Department Fileshare
The primary mountpoint that Faculty and Staff may want to access is the Dept directory. This is a samba mount on fs1.
smb://fs1.cs.wwu.edu/Dept
Methods for Access
Ultimately you can use whatever tool(s) you prefer. We have provided a couple of examples below but there is no “Support Prescribed” solution.
Regardless, the file server is only accessible from systems within the department. It is not currently accessible directly from VPN (this may change in the future); as such once you have connected via the VPN then you would need to connect to your workstation in your office.
Linux - gio
Connect to VPN
Connect to your system
If in a GUI session open a terminal
Issue gio command
Authenticate
Change to directory
Example:
strongbad@linux-03:gio mount smb://fs1.cs.wwu.edu/Dept
Password required for share dept on fs1.cs.wwu.edu
User [strongbad]:
Domain [WORKGROUP]: csci
Password:
strongbad@linux-03:~$ cd /run/user/$(id -u)/gvfs
strongbad@linux-03:/run/user/12345/gvfs$ ls 'smb-share:server=fs1.cs.wwu.edu,share=dept'
strongbad@linux-03:/run/user/12345/gvfs$ cd smb-share\:server\=fs1.cs.wwu.edu\,share\=dept/
strongbad@linux-03:/run/user/12345/gvfs/smb-share:server=fs1.cs.wwu.edu,share=dept$ ls
Linux - GUI
Connect to VPN
Connect to your system
Open your window manager
Select
Other Locations
in the bottom left corner of your windowEnter the mountpoint in the
Connect to Server
bar at the bottom and PressConnect
Select
Registered
radio button, set domain tocsci
, and enter CS credentials and pressConnect