or just go to \\enna.maths.usyd.edu.au and choose the share you want.
If (when) prompted for credentials, use:
Username: ennagroup\MATHSNAME
(with your Maths login name for MATHSNAME), and your Samba password.
We now use the M: drive instead of H:, since ICT may have H: in use
for something else.
There is no printing via Samba, but use
CUPS or LPR/LPD.
To map network drives: command line
Can do on the "command line", within a CommandPrompt window
(Start > Programs > Accessories > CommandPrompt)
or (Start > Run > cmd).
Any pre-existing drives with the same letters, or with enna, need to be
un-mapped. Type command
net use
to list all pre-existing connections, and use e.g.
net use M: /delete
to delete any with the "same" drive letter, or with enna.
For the first drive type command:
net use M: \\enna.maths.usyd.edu.au\home /persistent:yes /savecred
That will prompt you for the username, type ennagroup\MATHSNAME, then
when prompted type the Samba password.
For subsequent drives:
net use N: \\enna.maths.usyd.edu.au\nobackup /persistent:yes
and similar.
To map network drives: graphical interface
Any pre-existing drives with the same letters, or with enna, need to be
un-mapped:
- Click on FileExplorer (the "files" icon)
- Select This PC
- Win10: In the menu (File Computer View) click Computer and
then the down-arrow under Map network drive, or
Win11: under the "..." in the menu:
select Disconnect network drive
- Choose to disconnect any (with same letter or with enna)
- Repeat as needed.
To map your first drive, M: to \\enna\home do:
- Click on FileExplorer (the "files" icon)
- Select This PC
- Win10: In the menu (File Computer View) click Computer, or
Win11: under the "..." in the menu:
select Map network drive
- Select
Drive: M
Folder: \\enna.maths.usyd.edu.au\home
and also tick (select) both
Reconnect at sign-in
Connect using different credentials
then Finish.
- At the credentials prompt, enter:
Username: ennagroup\MATHSNAME
Password: PW
(with your Maths login name MATHSNAME and your Samba password
PW),
with a tick (selecting)
Remember my credentials
then click OK.
The credentials prompt may come back
(with the password still filled in), just re-select
Remember my credentials and click OK again.
To map subsequent drives:
- Click on FileExplorer (the "files" icon)
- Select This PC
- Win10: In the menu (File Computer View) click Computer, or
Win11: under the "..." in the menu:
select Map network drive
- Select drive letter and folder as needed. Tick (or select) just
Reconnect at sign-in
but NOT Connect using different credentials (to use what is
already remembered),
then Finish.
- Repeat as needed.
MacOS and Linux machines
Why would you use Samba, when you can use
SFTP or SSHFS?
But if you insist...
- MacOS: In the Finder menu, Go ConnectToServer ...
- Linux: In the the Places menu, ConnectToServer ...
... to something like
smb://enna/home
When prompted for authentication, use your Maths login name (without
ennagroup, or any domain) and your Samba password.
Old and deprecated: for Windows 7 and prior
You need Samba to use the office Windows PCs, or you may use it also
from your laptop or office Mac.
We have a Samba server running on rome. From your PC or laptop,
use Samba to access files on the Linux machines (your home and
nobackup directories, web pages, files in /usr/sms) and to access
printers.
Ask Paul to create a Samba or "Windows" account for you. You must do
this in person (in room 639) as you will need to set a password. The
Samba password should be different from any other passwords you may use,
but could be the same as the password you use to log in to enna.
To change your Samba password on a Windows office machine in ROMEGROUP,
press Alt-Ctrl-Delete and choose Change password; otherwise try
Start Menu
> Settings
> Control Panel
> Users and Passwords.
You can also change your password from a Linux machine with
command
/usr/sms/share/samba/n/bin/smbpasswd -c /usr/sms/share/samba/n/lib/smb.conf.rome -r rome
Connect to rome either by typing \\rome in the address bar of a
Windows Explorer e.g. MyComputer window, or by going to
Start Menu
> Run
> \\rome.
Use your login name and Samba password at the prompt.
The directory shares have descriptive names; be sure to check out
\\rome\sms\win\sfwinst\DataOnly\.
There are numerous printer shares (overwhelming, but they must all be
visible so you can use them). To use printers, you must (once) set them
up as they are a per-user setting. Choose from those in \\rome:
double-click then say yes (then close the queue-list window that comes
up), or copy them to your local (Start Menu >
Settings > Printers) folder, or use
Add printer and select something like \\rome\r7lw.
Please see our list and
description of printers.
Before printing, each time after a reboot, you need to connect to \\rome
and log in.
Instead of Samba, you could print via
LPR/LPD.
Our office Windows PCs run Windows7 and are set to log in to the
ROMEGROUP domain. Since users are logged in already, there is no
further password prompt to connect or to print; have some directory
shares mapped as network drives:
H: home
N: nobackup (a.k.a. /nb/MATHSNAME)
W: ~/wwwfd (a.k.a. /u/MATHSNAME) when present
L: sms (a.k.a. /usr/sms, used to be named local)
and the "roaming profiles" are kept in the ~/.profiles.V2
directory.
Admin PCs are set to log in to the BIANCOGROUP domain.
Paul Szabo
psz@maths.usyd.edu.au
16 Nov 24