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Windows

Note

If you are off-campus, you will need to connect to the VPN before mapping your shared drive(s)

  1. Open File Explorer and right-click on This PC to Map a Network Drive…

  2. Choose the drive letter and enter the path in the Folder field

    1. The defaults for the drive letters are typically T: ENGR R: Research H: staff/faculty

    2. Make sure the Reconnect at sign-in option is checked. If you are on a personal device, you will need to check the Connect using different credentials to use your NetID and password to sign in

  3. The folder should open and you can access your files

Mac

Note

If you are off-campus, you will need to connect to the VPN before mapping your shared drive(s)

  1.  With Finder as the selected application, click Go > Connect to Server… or press Cmd+K on the keyboard

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  2. Enter the path to the shared drive you are trying to connect to in the format shown in the screenshot below

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  3. If it prompts, click Connect again

  4. Enter your NetID and password in the login box. You will need to enter your NetID in either auth\netid or netid@tamu.edu format for the login to work correctly

Linux

Note

If you are off-campus, you will need to connect to the VPN before mapping your shared drive(s)

CentOS 7 & Ubuntu 18.04

  1. Open the file explorer and click on “+ Other Locations” on the left-hand side menu

  2. On the bottom of the page, click on the text box reading “Enter server address…”  next to “connect to server” and enter: “smb://coe-fs.engr.tamu.edu/<share>”

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