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Where <share_name> is replaced by the actual name of the share that you are attempting to access (without the ‘<’ and ‘>’<>).

Terminology and Usage

This document refers to the term UNC, which stands for Universal Naming Convention, which specifies a CIFS/SMB (i.e. Windows share) path. It starts with two slashes \\, followed by an address, (i.e. coe-fs.engr.tamu.edu) followed by a share (i.e. ‘Research’Research). 

When this document refers to a share, we mean a share on the Isilon that is directly accessible at the UNC address \\coe-fs.engr.tamu.edu\<share_name>. For example, the ‘Research’ Research share would be accessed using the following UNC path:

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smb://coe-fs.engr.tamu.edu/Research

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Linux

The Linux form is usually similar to the Mac form, but this depends on the Linux distribution and distribution version that you are using. You should perform a google search on how to connect to a CIFS/SMB share for your particular Linux distribution for more information.

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More information on Home Directories can be found here.

Course Areas

Course Areas are created for each College of Engineering course for Instructors, TAs, and Students to use.

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More information on Course Areas can be found here.

Research Areas

Research Areas are created for researchers in the College of Engineering to store research data.

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More information on Research Areas can be found here.

Troubleshooting

If you are unable to access any of the offered resources and believe that you should have the rights to do so, contact your Technology Services - Engineering IT representative for assistance.