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Phone: 8313 3000
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The University of Adelaide
SA 5005 Australia

Mapping a Network Drive

This document explains how to map network drives on your computer so that they are easily accessible from 'My Computer'.

The instructions can be substituted with any drive letter or network folder.

Windows 2000/XP

Windows 2000/XP

Mapping your U: Drive

Open 'My Computer' and click 'Tools' -> 'Map Network Drive'

Select 'U:' in the pulldown menu labelled drive

For the folder enter \\ad.adelaide.edu.au\Users$\usersx\%username% where x is the last digit of your username as below

Click 'Connect as Another User' and enter 'UOFA\%username%' in the user field as below, click 'Ok'

Ensure 'Reconnect at Logon' is ticked then click 'Finish'

Mapping your S: Drive

Mapping the S drive is very similiar to mapping U, noting a couple of minor changes.

Open 'My Computer' and click 'Tools' -> 'Map Network Drive'

Select 'S:' as the drive in the pulldown menu

Enter \\ad.adelaide.edu.au\Shared$ as the folder option

Click 'Connect as Another User' and enter 'UOFA\%username%' in the user field as below, click 'Ok'

Ensure 'Reconnect at Logon' is ticked then click 'Finish'

Mapping R: Drive

Mapping the R drive is very similiar to mapping U, noting a couple of minor changes.

Open 'My Computer' and click 'Tools' -> 'Map Network Drive'

Select 'R:' as the drive in the pulldown menu

Enter \\ad.adelaide.edu.au\resources as the folder option

Click 'Connect as Another User' and enter 'UOFA\%username%' in the user field as below, click 'Ok'

Ensure 'Reconnect at Logon' is ticked then click 'Finish'

Mac OS X

Select 'Go' from the menu then 'Connect to Server'

Enter cifs://uofausersx.ad.adelaide.edu.au\usersx\%username% (where x is the last digit of your user ID) as the server and click 'Connect'

Enter your user ID as uofa\%username% in name field as below and your standard password and click 'Connect'

Linux

Make sure the desired mount point exists: ie /home/jsmith/nas

Add to /etc/fstab:
\\<server full name>\<share path> <mount path> cifs defaults,domain=uofa,user=<ad uid>,uid=<uid of local system user>,gid=<gid of local system user>,noauto,user 0 0

e.g. jsmith@desktop:~# echo "\\elan.ad.adelaide.edu.au\USERS7 /home/jsmith/nas cifs defaults,domain=uofa,user=a1234567,uid=jsmith,gid=jsmith,noauto,user 0 0" >> /etc/fstab

Mount the share:

e.g. jsmith@desktop:~$ mount /home/jsmith/nas