Samba Shares on Hurricane

By Jeff Conner

• Home: This share will be denoted by your user name. It will be your personal space on hurricane. This directory will be backed up once a week. To access from a windows machine click on start, go to run and enter \\hurricane.la.asu.edu. From a Unix shell it will be your home directory and will be located and /home/<username>.
• Share: This folder can be used by anyone in the group to share data with other members of the group. For more information see the Share write-up at http://activetectonics.asu.edu/LabDocs/share_info.htm. The folder can be found on hurricane (through an ssh terminal) at /home/groups/share. It can also be found from a windows machine by going to the start menu and clicking on run. Enter "\\hurricane.la.asu.edu" and your username and password if prompted.
• Swgeonet: This share is for the swgeonet group. It contains data and information pertaining to that project. To access from a windows machine click on start, go to run and enter \\hurricane.la.asu.edu. From a Unix shell it is located at /home/group/swgeonet but is actually kept on cordillera.
• Software: This share contains group software that is available to use. The programs that we install on all of the computers are kept here. To access from a windows machine click on start, go to run and enter \\hurricane.la.asu.edu. From a Unix shell it is located at /home/software.

Notes on Access: When accessing these shares from a windows machine it is very important that they be accessed individually and not from a unix shortcut. For example: If you need to access the share folder from a windows machine click on start, select run and enter \\hurricane.la.asu.edu and open the share folder. Do not create a shortcut in your home drive on hurricane and try to navigate to the share folder in windows through that. The permissions are setup per share and if they are accessed via shortcut on another share the permissions will be incorrect. Especially in the case of the share drive, your peers will not be able to access the files you have placed there if you access the share through a shortcut in your home drive. If you have any questions please contact technical support for the group. The hours for technical support can be found at http://activetectonics.asu.edu/calendar.html.

Accessing Shares Via SSH: In the software share I have placed two programs for accessing the shares off campus. They are putty and SSH Secure shell. If you need assistance installing, downloading or using either of these please contact technical support.