User File Shares

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User File Shares

Engineering Cluster

These directories are located on the engna1 server (aka \\ad\eng for PCs) in the "users" share.

All BU users ahve access to their BU User Directory hosted on the engineering cluster. You have a quota of 10 GB.

If you have never accessed this resource, or another on AD, please run SED WebNew first: http://www.bu.edu/computing/accounts/ad/sed

First Letter / Second Letter / BU Name System

"joeuser" would have their directory in \users\j\o\joeuser.

Roaming Profiles

As these user directories are used for roaming profiles, it is suggested that you have the same structure for your user directories on your local machine and the network share.

For instance,

c:\documents and settings\joeuser\desktop on the local machine

\\ad\eng\users\j\o\joeuser\desktop on the file share

Connecting from a PC

For PCs, Click Start, Run, and type in: \\ad\eng\users\j\o\joeuser

Or in Internet Explorer, click here: file://ad/eng/users/

Browse to the first letter of your username, then the second, then your username.

Connecting from a Mac

For Macs, Click Finder, Go, Connect To Server: smb://engna1/users/

Browse to the first letter of your username, then the second, then your username.

More Help

For more details on how to connect see http://www.bu.edu/pcsc/desktop/ad/

SED Server

Currently, we also have the sed.bu.edu server. Use your sed server password. If you do not have one, contact sed-it@bu.edu

Connecting from a PC

For PCs, Click Start, Run, and type in: \\sed

Or in Internet Explorer, click here: file://sed and browse to your username.

Connecting from a Mac

For Macs, Click Finder, Go, Connect To Server: sed

ACS

You also have 100 Megs of space on your ACS account. You would need to use something like Fetch or WinSCP to access that space however. See Connecting Securely to Webservers