Accessing Personal (G:), Web (W:), Common (H:) and Shared (H:, T: etc.) Areas on Mac OS X
This document describes all steps involved in order to access your Personal (G:), Web (W:) Common (H:) and Shared (S: etc.) Areas on your Mac.
The below procedure has been tested on Mac OS X Leopard (10.5.x), Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6.x) and Mac OS X Lion (10.7.x). Screenshots are tkane from Leopard thus may slightly differ from other versions:
- You must be connected to the EUI network either via LAN or WiFi (if on campus) or VPN (if off campus).
- You must have full Administrator rights on your Mac.
Procedure
- Open up Finder and from the Menu choose Go. Scroll down and select Connect to Server.
- Type in the Server Address box:
smb://server_name/your_EUI_username$
IMPORTANT: do NOT omit the $ symbol at the end of your username!
Please refer to the server list if you do not know the name of the server where your Personal Folder (G: drive) resides.
- Make sure to click the sign + for adding the server to the Server List.
- Go to Connect and the authentication window will pop up.
- In the Name field insert [your_username] and in the Password field your usual (login and e-mail) password. Confirm by clicking the Connect button.
A new window will pop up with your Personal Storage Area (G: Drive) that will now be available.
To disconnect, use the Eject symbol that appears next to the server name.
Follow the steps above but write the following in step 2:
smb://cygnus/web/your_EUI_username
Follow the steps above but write the following in step 2:
smb://server_name/common
Please refer to the server list if you do not know the name of the server where your Shared Areas reside.
Page last updated on 08 March 2022