How to Map a COE-FS Shared Drive

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Last updated: Mar 07, 2022 by Donald Birnbaum
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This documentation will explain how to connect to the ENGR shared drives if they do not automatically map on your computer.

If the drives do automatically map, but they have a red X on them, they might still be accessible. Once you have an active network connection (including VPN if you are off campus), try double-clicking them to access the drives.

Windows

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. 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

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

  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

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>”

If you are mounting your home directory, replace “<share>” with “ugrads”, “grads”, or “faculty” depending on your classification. For research drives, “research”. 

  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>”

If you are mounting your home directory, replace “<share>” with “ugrads”, “grads”, or “faculty” depending on your classification. For research drives, “research”. 

  1. Click “Connect”

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

    1. Enter “AUTH” in the domain field

    2. Enter your NetID password