Samba on mime

Samba on Mime

Samba servers provide a useful way to mount a directory on another computer onto your local machine. The /data /raid/ /home directories can all be mounted by connecting to mime's samba server. To get a samba account and password e-mail trouble@mime.colorado.edu.

Setting up a Samba Connection

Prerequisites

• Samba Server accounts
  • To get a samba account and initial password e-mail trouble@mime.colorado.edu
  • Once you have an account you can set your samba password with the following command:

 /usr/local/samba/bin/smbpasswd

• Connecting
  • If you are using a wired connection on campus no other special configuration is required
  • If you are off campus or using WiFi you will need to use the VPN Client to connect to the server

OS X

1. Go to finder
2. Menu -> Go -> Connect to Server (or just type cmd-k)
3. Under server address type:

 smb://mime.colorado.edu

1. Select the directory to mount and hit 'ok'
2. Under Workgroup or Domain type:

WORKGROUP

1. Under Name type your mime login name.
2. Enter password and hit 'ok'