Samba is a service providing file access to files on Unix machines
from windows computers. Windows users in the department use Samba
to gain access to
their web pages and home directories.
NOTE that this has nothing to do with
staff access to the Windows file servers MIC2 or CSEAD.
Basically, you'll most likely be using the "map network drive"
function on your Windows box. The name of the "drive" to map
depends on two things:
- Who you are
- What files you want to access
Who You Are
For each of the user categories faculty,
staff, or graduate student, you'll
start the drive name with:
- faculty:
\\facfiles.ucsd.edu\
- staff:
\\stafffiles.ucsd.edu\
- grad students:
\\gradfiles.ucsd.edu\
At this time, guest accounts do not have samba access.
What Files Do You Want to Access?
Following that, you'll need to specify which files you want. We
currently have your home directory, your web home directory, and
the top-level of the department web tree as choices.
The appropriate resource names for each are:
- your home directory:
\<your username>
- your web home directory:
\webhome
- department web area:
\htdocs
A chart of the possibilites for a faculty account fsmith,
staff account ssmith, and grad account gsmith:
| account name |
account type |
home dir |
personal web dir |
department web tree |
| fsmith |
faculty |
\\facfiles.ucsd.edu\fsmith |
\\facfiles.ucsd.edu\webhome |
\\facfiles.ucsd.edu\htdocs |
| ssmith |
staff |
\\stafffiles.ucsd.edu\ssmith |
\\stafffiles.ucsd.edu\webhome |
\\stafffiles.ucsd.edu\htdocs |
| gsmith |
grad |
\\gradfiles.ucsd.edu\gsmith |
\\gradfiles.ucsd.edu\webhome |
\\gradfiles.ucsd.edu\htdocs |
NOTE: it's a good idea (and in some cases necessary) that you
have configured your "WINS" server to sensei.ucsd.edu.
Authentication
The samba server will need to authenticate you to give you
access to the files. If you are already logged in to the
CSE domain on your PC, this will be taken care of behind
the scenes. If not, you'll need to log in with your previously
set up CSE domain login and password. If you don't know what
this is, contact
csehelp.
When you authenticate, be sure to prepend the username with
the text cse\, as in:
cse\fsmith
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