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How to access X-drive and U-drive from PCs
Windows
For Windows desktops, Yoyo and Managed, the X-drive and U-drive are already mapped when you log in.
Linux
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:
Press ctrl-L, and enter this:
smb://uosfstore.shef.ac.uk
When prompted, enter your university username, SHEFUNIAD for the domain, and your university password.
To access U-drive via the file manager:
Before connecting you need to know which server your store is located on. To find out, go here:
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/it-services/password/crisp-web.pl
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
smb://stfdataxx.shef.ac.uk/
(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..
How to enable auto-mounting of U-drive and X-drive on login
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:
