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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. Please note: on a personal device, your NetID must be in one of the following formats: auth\NetID or NetID@tamu.edu.

      

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

Below are the fully Network paths, formatted for windows.

T: ENGR
\\coe-fs.engr.tamu.edu\ENGR

R: Research
\\coe-fs.engr.tamu.edu\Research

H: Home (faculty/staff/grads/ugrads)
\\coe-fs.engr.tamu.edu\faculty
\\coe-fs.engr.tamu.edu\staff
\\coe-fs.engr.tamu.edu\grads
\\coe-fs.engr.tamu.edu\ugrads

Mac

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

   

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

   

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

   

Below are the fully Network paths, formatted for macOS.

T: ENGR
smb://coe-fs.engr.tamu.edu/ENGR

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

H: Home (faculty/staff/grads/ugrads)
smb://coe-fs.engr.tamu.edu/faculty
smb://coe-fs.engr.tamu.edu/staff
smb://coe-fs.engr.tamu.edu/grads
smb://coe-fs.engr.tamu.edu/ugrads

Linux

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1. Press the enter key

2. You’ll be presented with an authentication window. 

   1. Select “Registered user” 

   2. Enter your NetID in the username field

   3. Enter “AUTH” in the domain field

   4. Enter your NetID password 

3. Your directory will be mounted and opened automatically. You can access from the sidebar of the file explorer or from the terminal at “/run/user/<your UIN>/gvfs/smb-share:*”

Below are the fully Network paths, formatted for linux.

T: ENGR
smb://coe-fs.engr.tamu.edu/ENGR

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

H: Home (faculty/staff/grads/ugrads)
smb://coe-fs.engr.tamu.edu/faculty
smb://coe-fs.engr.tamu.edu/staff
smb://coe-fs.engr.tamu.edu/grads
smb://coe-fs.engr.tamu.edu/ugrads

Ubuntu 16.04

1. Open the file explorer and click on “Connect to Server” on the left-hand side menu

2. Underneath “Server Address” enter: “smb://<NetID>@coe-fs.engr.tamu.edu/<share>”

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