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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, or it can be set to mount automatically at login time.
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:
