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--- university_filestore_access_from_pcs [2024/07/23 10:00] – [Linux] ac1mde
+++ university_filestore_access_from_pcs [2024/07/25 14:47] (current) – [Linux] ac1mde
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 ====Linux====
-This can be accessed through the file manager, or it can be set to mount automatically at login time.
+This can be accessed through the file manager (easy), or it can be set to mount automatically at login time (complicated).
 **To access X-drive via the file manager:**\\
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 Log in, and click on "View University Storage Information". After some time (yawn), it will show you something like STFDATAxx (xx being a number), use this in the next step.\\
 Open the file manager, press Ctrl-L, and enter <code>smb://stfdataxx.shef.ac.uk/</code> (replacing xx with the number of yours!)\\
+When prompted, enter your university username, **SHEFUNIAD** for the domain, and your university password.\\
 Once logged in, go to Home -> Ac\\
 It'll show your username, open that, and there is your U-drive..
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 **How to enable auto-mounting of U-drive and X-drive on login**
-This assumes Ubuntu Linux. First install the necessary packages:
+It is possible to have the U-drive and X-drive mounted when computer boots. It requires some set-up tasks run as root (sudo) and editing some system files. If you wish to do this, see this page:
+  * [[Mounting University Drives on Linux at boot-time]]
-<code>sudo apt install libpam-mount cifs-utils</code>
-Sudoedit the config file ''/etc/security/pam_mount.conf.xml'' and in the Volume Definitions stanza, add these, replacing “ac1usr” with your own ITS username, and changing the “server=” to a different stfdataxx server if necessary (find out your username's path at https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/it-services/password/crisp-web.pl ):
-<code>
-<volume user="ac1usr" fstype="cifs" server="stfdata07.shef.ac.uk" path="home/AC/Ac1usr" mountpoint="/home/%(USER)/U-drive" options="workgroup=SHEFUNIAD,uid=%(USER),dir_mode=0700,file_mode=0600,actimeo=0,nosuid,nodev" />
-<volume user="ac1usr" fstype="cifs" server="uosfstore.shef.ac.uk" path="shared" mountpoint="/home/%(USER)/X-drive" options="workgroup=SHEFUNIAD,uid=%(USER),dir_mode=0700,file_mode=0600,actimeo=0,nosuid,nodev" />
-</code>
-Then run ''sudo pam-auth-update'' and make sure “mount volumes for user” is checked.
-Reboot and log in again; you should see the U/X drives mounted under your home directory.
-**If you're using a different username/password for logging in, to your ITS one, you'll be asked to enter the pam-mount password separately (every time).**