How do I connect to the T: drive on Windows

Before you start: If you are connecting from off campus, you will need to connect through the VPN

Step 1: Open the start menu, scroll down to the bottom and inside (click to open) Windows System choose File Explorer:

Start Menu > (rclick) Computer > Map network drive

Step 2: Select "This PC", then "Computer", then "Map network drive":

Map network drive

Step 3: In the dialog box, select T for the drive letter, paste: "\\cos-dfs.science.oregonstate.edu\dfs-users" as the folder, and check Connect using different credentials (you can tick Reconnect at sign-in if you want) in the folder like so:

Fill T drive information

Step 4: Click finish.

Step 5: In the dialog box that pops up enter your ONID username (without the greater than or less than signs) and password. You may also check Remember my credentials, especially reccomended if reconnect at sign in is turned on:

Enter credentials

Step 6: You are now connected! The folder should pop up like so:

T Drive Contents

Note: While you may be able to see all of the folders, you will only have access to certain folders.  If you don't have access to a folder that you should, ask your department to submit a ticket to us.

How do I connect to the T: drive on MacOS

Before you start: If you are connecting from off campus, you will need to connect through the VPN

Step 1: Click finder icon in the dock

Step 2: Click "Connect to server..." from the "Go" menu at the top of the screen

Step 3: Enter "smb://cos-dfs.science.oregonstate.edu/dfs-users" as the Server Address

Step 4: Click Connect

Step 5: In the dialog box that pops up enter your ONID username (without the greater than or less than signs) and password. You may also check Remember this password:

Step 6: Click Connect again.

Step 7: You are now connected! The folder should pop up like this:

 Note: While you may be able to see all of the folders, you will only have access to certain folders.  If you don't have access to a folder that you should, ask your department to submit a ticket to us.

How do I connect to the Z: drive on Windows

Before you start: If you are connecting from off campus, you will need to connect through the VPN

Step 1: Open the start menu, scroll down to the bottom and inside (click to open) Windows System choose File Explorer:

Start Menu > (rclick) Computer > Map network drive

Step 2: Select "This PC", then "Computer", then "Map network drive":

Map network drive

Step 3: In the dialog box, select Z for the drive letter, paste: "\\pfs.cosine.oregonstate.edu\homes" as the folder, and check Connect using different credentials (you can tick Reconnect at sign-in if you want) in the folder like so

z drive dialog popup

Step 4: Click Finish.

Step 5: In the dialog box that pops up enter your ONID username (without the greater than or less than signs) and password. You may also check Remember my credentials, especially reccomended if reconnect at sign in is turned on:

Enter credentials

Step 6: You are now connected! The folder should pop up like so:

Note: These files aren't shared with anyone and you only have 10GB.  If you need more space, let us know.

How do I connect to the Z: drive from MacOS

Before you start: If you are connecting from off campus, you will need to connect through the VPN

Step 1: Click finder icon in the dock

Step 2: Click "Connect to server..." from the "Go" menu at the top of the screen

Step 3: Enter "smb://pfs.cosine.oregonstate.edu/homes" as the Server Address

Step 4: Click connect

Step 5: In the dialog box that pops up enter your ONID username (without the greater than or less than signs) and password. You may also check Remember this password:

Step 7: You are now connected! The folder should pop up like this:

 Note: These files aren't shared with anyone and you only have 10GB.  If you need more space, let us know.

How can I Access my Office Computer's Files Remotely (via SSH)

1. From your desktop, navigate through the start menu to open “Secure File Transfer Client”

2. Once the program opens, click on file in the menu bar and then click on “quick connect”.

3. Enter host as shell.cosine.oregonstate.edu along with your username.

4. Click yes to saving the new host key.

5. Enter your password

6. At this point, your files should be shown in the right window. The files on the computer you're currently using are in the left window. Any files you put in your public_html directory will be served to the webserver and be accessible at http://science.oregonstate.edu/~USERNAME/

 

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