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This process is used to create your home directory before use on Linux. You must use a computer other than the Linux computer.
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MacOS Instructions
Open default file system (Finder)
Open the menu for mapping a Network Drive (Command + K)
Type in one of the following addresses based on your classification, make sure to replace yourNetID with your TAMU NetID:
Undergraduate Students
smb://AUTH\yourNetID@coe-fs.engr.tamu.edu/Ugrads
Graduate Students
smb://AUTH\yourNetID@coe-fs.engr.tamu.edu/Grads
Faculty
smb://AUTH\yourNetID@coe-fs.engr.tamu.edu/Faculty
Staff
smb://AUTH\yourNetID@coe-fs.engr.tamu.edu/Staff
Sign in by making sure the Name: appears as AUTH\yourNetID and then fill in your password.
If a window pops up with a folder titled with your classification, you are all set. For new students this should be empty, for others it may already contain data. If something like the following pops up, your home directory has been created, and you are ready to sign-in on the windows machines.
Windows OS Instructions
Open the default File System (File Explorer)
Open the window for mapping a Network Drive
Right Click “This PC” and choose “Map Network Drive…”
Type the address for the College of Engineering file share
Undergraduate Students
\\coe-fs.engr.tamu.edu\Ugrads
Graduate Students
\\coe-fs.engr.tamu.edu\Grads
Faculty
\\coe-fs.engr.tamu.edu\Faculty
Staff
\\coe-fs.engr.tamu.edu\Staff
Sign in by filling out with AUTH\yourNetID
If a window pops up with a folder titled with your classification, you are all set. For new students this should be empty, for others it may already contain data. If something like the following pops up, your home directory has been created, and you are ready to sign-in on the windows machines.
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