16. How do I mount my home directory or shared storage at HNAS?
For Windows clients in USER-AD your home directory and the department common (public) share will automatically be mounted when you login using the drive letters below.
This storage is in the university shared HNAS file server. Some departments also have other storage available - contact helpdesk@bmc.uu.se for details.
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Please select your department:
Department Acronym Biomedical Centre Campus Management Department of Cell and Molecular Biology Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology Department of Medical Cell Biology Department of Neuroscience Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences International Science Programme (ISP) . . . Please enter your username here:
Purpose Platform DFS-path Direct path Driver letter Home directory for personal files Windows \\user.uu.se\BMCI\TLA-Users\account \\TLA-Users.files.uu.se\TLA-Users$\account X: Mac smb://account@user.uu.se/BMCI/TLA-Users/account smb://user\account@TLA-Users.files.uu.se/TLA-Users$/account Common (public) share for department,
research groups etc.Windows \\user.uu.se\BMCI\TLA-Common \\TLA-Common.files.uu.se\TLA-Common$ P: Mac smb://account@user.uu.se/BMCI/TLA-Common smb://user\account@TLA-Common.files.uu.se/TLA-Common$ -
Sometimes you want to mount via the command line.
- Windows, command line version on mapping a network share:
net use x: \\TLA-Users.files.uu.se\TLA-Users$\account /user:user\account
- macOS, command line version on how to connect to a file server:
mkdir ~/Desktop/account
mount_smbfs //user;account@TLA-Users.files.uu.se/TLA-Users$/account ~/Desktop/account - On Linux, command line version on how to mount a CIFS file system:
mkdir ~/Desktop/account
sudo mount -o username=account,domain=user -t cifs //TLA-users.files.uu.se/TLA-users$/account ~/Desktop/account
- Windows, command line version on mapping a network share:
- Also read in the
SOP - Connect a Mac to HNAS (v1.0).pdf
or follow the links to other FAQs above on how to use the
Windows Explorer or Mac Finder GUI. Remember to use the VPN if you are connecting
from outside the university network.
Problems with accessing the shared folders
A common problem may be that your account has not got the correct permissions called group membership in AKKA, the university catalogue. Please then contact your department administration to get this fixed.