Overview
A small (100MB) network storage share is provided to Computer Science students for the storage of SSH and Git keys used for academic work.
Requirements
Only Computer Science students in certain courses are provided with this network storage.
Instructions
Connect to CIS Student Share
NOTE: If you are off campus you will need to make a VPN connection before connecting to a network drive.
The network drive location of these student shares is files1.williams.edu\cs_shared. There will be a folder with your Williams username, you won't have access to other users folders. Follow the OS Specific instructions below to connect to the share.
macOS
- While on the Desktop view click on Go on the top Toolbar
- At the bottom of the drop-down menu select "Connect to Server"
- Enter the following in the Server Address field: smb://files1.williams.edu/cs_shared
- Click the Connect button
- Enter your Username (do not add @williams.edu) and the password used for email
- Click Connect
Windows
To map this share to a drive do the following:
- Right-click ‘Computer’ icon on the Desktop
- Select ‘Map Network Drive…’
- Select a drive letter that isn’t in use
- Click the ‘Browse’ button
- Select ‘Network’
(note: if message appears about ‘Network Discovery’ being turned off please follow steps that are at the bottom of the page FIRST)
- Wait several seconds……
- Enter the full path to the drive, \\files1.williams.edu\cs_shared
- Locate the folder with your username
- Click the OK button
- Make sure there is a check mark in the “reconnect at login’
Linux
Here is a sample command with a breakdown below on how to mount this share in most Linux systems. (Credit to Josh Rollins)
sudo mount -t cifs -o user=[your Williams username] //files1.williams.edu/cs_shared/[your Williams username]
- We start with
sudo because mounting requires root permissions.
Mount is the command to mount a drive.-t to tell mount that next we're specifying a type of filesystem.cifs is our filesystem.-o to tell mount that next we're specifying an option.user is our option, the user is our Williams username- next we specify the smb host and the path to the folder
- last, the mounting point, the folder on Linux where we’ll be viewing the files.
Here’s an example if your username was usr1:
sudo mount -t cifs -o user=usr1 //files1.williams.edu/cs_shared/usr1
Additional Help
See the related article section for more information. Please use the service request button on the top to request additional help.