Samba Access
Connecting to the Samba server
Note that due to University networking firewalls, Samba access is only available while on the University of Florida network (either a UF network, or connected with the UF VPN )
Mac OS X
- Bring the Finder to the front
- Select "Connect to Server..." from the "Go" menu or type Command+K
- Enter smb://samba.rc.ufl.edu
- Click "+" button to add to favorites (optional)
- Connect (use Research Computing user name and password)
Linux
If you are using the GNOME desktop, there will be a Menu titled "Places" in the top, left corner of your screen. Click on it to open the menu, and select the option "Connect to Server...". That will open a dialog where you can select the service type, server, etc. Fill out the dialog like so:
- Service type: Windows Share
- Server: samba.rc.ufl.edu
- Share: lfs (for /scratch/lfs), or homes (for /home)
- Domain: UFHPC
- Username: your Research Computing user name
- Password: your SMB password
Windows
The Research Computing has a samba server located at samba.rc.ufl.edu.
To connect to the available shares click on your Start menu. Where the search entry area is located enter
\\samba.rc.ufl.edu
A login box will appear for a username and password. Enter these and you should be connected to the system.
Note: If you are currently logging into the UF Active Directory (UFAD) domain, you may need to precede your username with "UFHPC\". So, if your username were normally "jsmith", you would instead enter
UFHPC\jsmith
Connecting to Long-term and Replicated Long-term Storage
Samba access to long-term (/lts) and replicated long-term (/rlts) storage systems is provided through:
lts.rc.ufl.edu rlts.rc.ufl.edu
Using the instructions above, replace samba.rc.ufl.edu with the appropriate server name.
Changing Samba Passwords
To change your samba password (after your samba account has been created), do the following:
- Go to http://www.rc.ufl.edu/help/change-password/
- Using the change password interface on that webpage, change your password. This will change your password both on the linux cluster AND in Samba.