[MacTUG] [Isthd] MAC client accessing Fileu N: drive from home

Dawn Keenan dkeenan at uwaterloo.ca
Mon Sep 24 13:47:38 EDT 2012


Tim,

This sounds like a good question for MacTUG.

On 12-09-24 11:16 AM, Tim Farrell wrote:
> Greetings
>
> This question is for the Mac users. Has anyone accessed their Fileu n:
> drive from home? If so can you confirm that you have access not only to
> your root folder but all your subfolders?
>
> BACKGROUND
>
> An AHS prof can access their N: drive no problem while here on campus.
> When they go home in Guelph, connect to the Internet via Rogers and VPN
> in they cannot see anything in their subfolders. I have confirmed that
> their permissions are correct and subfolders have inherited the proper
> permissions from the root folder where the user has Modify access.
>
> “I can connect to vpn no problem, and 'see' the first level of my
> folders on the network server, but the folders appear empty.  I'm
> supposed to ask you to make sure the path is correct… I'm entering:
> smb://fileu.uwaterloo.ca/users$//userid/”
>
> Tim Farrell
>
> Information Systems and Technology, MC-1036, University of Waterloo.
>
> Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1 (519-888-4567 X35189
>
>
>
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Dawn Keenan
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