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How To Map or Mount Network Drives

Before you are able to connect to network drives, you must first connect to the Engineering network, either with a direct LAN connection or a VPN connection.

Windows 7

Note: you must replace <my_user_name> with your personal Engineering username and <department_abbreviation> with the abbreviation for your department. You can also use the "Browse" button to find the correct location in the Engineering network.

U: drive

  1. Click the Windows Button ("Start") at the lower left of your screen, then click the "Computer" icon.
  2. Near the top of the window will be a link for "Map Network Drive". Click it.
  3. In the "Drive" drop-down menu, choose "U:\" and in the "Folder" box, type \\sunstore.engr.colostate.edu\<my_user_name> (Please note: Faculty and staff will need to use kame.engr.colostate.edu in place of "sunstore".)
  4. Check the box labeled "Connect using different credentials". (You will use your Engineering username and password.)
  5. Click "Finish".
  6. When the box comes up, look below the password box where it specifies "Domain".
    • If "Domain" specifies something other than "ENGR_DOM", enter the username as: engr_dom\<my_user_name> (e.g., engr_dom\joeblow).
    • If "Domain" indicates "ENGR_DOM", enter your Engineering username by itself.

T: drive

  1. Open the "Map Network Drive" control panel again and in the "Drive" drop-down menu, choose "T:\" and in the "Folder" box, type \\engr.colostate.edu\top
  2. Finish connecting according to the instruction in "U: drive" above, continuing with step 4.

V: drive (Faculty and Staff only)

  1. Open the "Map Network Drive" control panel again and in the "Drive" drop-down menu, choose "V:\" and in the "Folder" box, type \\kame.engr.colostate.edu\<department_abbreviation>
  2. Finish connecting according to the instruction in "U: drive" above, continuing with step 4.

S: drive

  1. Open the "Map Network Drive" control panel again and in the "Drive" drop-down menu, choose "S:\" and in the "Folder" box, type \\ackbar.engr.colostate.edu\software
  2. Finish connecting according to the instruction in "U: drive" above, continuing with step 4.

Windows XP

For Windows Vista, here are some fixes for to known issues with mapping drives.

Note: you must replace <my_user_name> with your personal Engineering username and <department_abbreviation> with the abbreviation for your department. You can also use the "Browse" button to find the correct location in the Engineering network.

U: drive

  1. Double-click the "My Computer" icon on the desktop.
  2. In the window that opens, choose from the "Tools" menu, "Map Network Drive..."
  3. In the "Drive" drop-down menu, choose "U:\" and in the "Folder" box, type \\sunstore.engr.colostate.edu\<my_user_name> (Please note: Faculty and staff will need to use kame.engr.colostate.edu in place of "sunstore".)
  4. Click "Connect using a different user name" and enter ENGR_DOM\<my_user_name> and click "OK".
  5. Click "Finish" and type in your Engineering username and password.

T: drive

  1. Open the "Map Network Drive" control panel again and in the "Drive" drop-down menu, choose "T:\" and in the "Folder" box, type \\engr.colostate.edu\top
  2. Click "Connect using a different user name" and enter ENGR_DOM\<my_user_name> and click "OK".
  3. Click "Finish" and type in your Engineering username and password.

V: drive (Faculty and Staff only)

  1. Open the "Map Network Drive" control panel again and in the "Drive" drop-down menu, choose "V:\" and in the "Folder" box, type \\kame.engr.colostate.edu\<department_abbreviation>
  2. Click "Connect using a different user name" and enter ENGR_DOM\<my_user_name> and click "OK".
  3. Click "Finish" and type in your Engineering username and password.

S: drive

  1. Open the "Map Network Drive" control panel again and in the "Drive" drop-down menu, choose "S:\" and in the "Folder" box, type \\ackbar.engr.colostate.edu\software
  2. Click "Connect using a different user name" and enter ENGR_DOM\<my_user_name> and click "OK".
  3. Click "Finish" and type in your Engineering username and password.

Mac OS X

Note: you must replace <my_user_name> with your personal Engineering username and <department_abbreviation> with the abbreviation for your department.

  1. In the Finder, click on the Go menu and select "Connect to Server".
    • To map the U: drive
    • In the Address field, type cifs://sunstore.engr.colostate.edu/<my_user_name> then click Connect. (Please note: Faculty and staff will need to use kame.engr.colostate.edu in place of "sunstore.engr.colostate.edu". Also, <my_user_name> should be replaced with your Engineering username.)
    • On a Mac the T: drive does not map directly and you will need to map the individual folders.
    • For the classes folder in the Address field, type cifs://ackbar.engr.colostate.edu/classes
    • For the projects folder in the Address field, type cifs://projects.engr.colostate.edu/projects
    • Click Connect.
    • To map the V: drive (Faculty and Staff only)
    • In the Address field, type cifs://kame.engr.colostate.edu/<department_abbreviation> then click Connect.
    • To map the S: drive
    • In the Address field, type cifs://ackbar.engr.colostate.edu/software then click Connect.
  2. Enter your Engineering username and password and click "OK".

Linux

NOTE: You must replace <my_user_name> with your Engineering username and <localuser> with the local username or the result of running the command whoami. Also, make sure to have the package smbfs installed.

home drive (aka the Windows U: drive)

  1. Create a local mount point. For this example, we'll call it /mnt/engrhome: mkdir /mnt/engrhome.
  2. Type the following line into a terminal windows.
  3. sudo mount -t cifs -o username=<my_user_name>,uid=<localuser>,domain=engr_dom,rw //sunstore.engr.colostate.edu/<my_user_name> /mnt/engrhome
    (Please note: Faculty and staff will need to use kame.engr.colostate.edu in place of "sunstore.engr.colostate.edu".

T: drive

  1. On Linux the T: drive does not map directly and you will need to map the individual folders.
  2. Create a local mount point for each folder mkdir /mnt/engrclasses or mkdir /mnt/engrprojects.
  3. Type the following line into a terminal windows.
  4. For the classes folder use:
    sudo mount -t cifs -o username=<my_user_name>,uid=<localuser>,domain=engr_dom,rw //ackbar.engr.colostate.edu/classes /mnt/engrclasses
  5. For the projects folder use:
    sudo mount -t cifs -o username=<my_user_name>,uid=<localuser>,domain=engr_dom,rw //projects.engr.colostate.edu/projects /mnt/engrprojects

S: drive

  1. Create a local mount point. For this example, we'll call it /mnt/engrsoftware: mkdir /mnt/engrsoftware.
  2. Type the following line into a terminal windows.
  3. sudo mount -t cifs -o username=<my_user_name>,uid=<localuser>,domain=engr_dom,rw //ackbar.engr.colostate.edu/software /mnt/engrsoftware

  
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This document last modified Saturday January 28, 2012