Instructions for Mounting the COS 111 Fileserver

First-Time Setup

If you have never used the course's fileserver before (i.e., this is the first time you've been in the COS 111 lab!), your TA should demonstrate how to briefly log on and run a setup script on your CIT UNIX account. This script will allow you to have access to software we will be providing throughout the course of the labs.

You only have to run this script once. So, if this is not your first time in the COS 111 lab, you probably don't have to run the script. You can proceed directly to the general directions:

• Instructions for Macintosh users
• Instructions for Windows 95 users

Macintosh

• Pull down the "Apple" menu in the upper-left corner of the screen and select Chooser.
• In the top-left box, click on "Appleshare". In the lower left box, click on "PU_CIT_Services".
• A list of names should now appear in the box on the right hand side. Double-click on "phoenix".
• You will be asked for your CIT UNIX user name and password. Enter them, and then click the OK button.
• A box should pop up with two names in it, the names of the two folders you can mount from that fileserver. One should be called "My Work", and the other "COS 111 Software". You need to select both of these. To do this, hold down the "shift" key while you click on the one that isn't highlighted. Now that they are both highlighted, click "OK".

Now close the Chooser. There should now be icons labelled "My Work" and "COS 111 Software" on the desktop, near the hard drive icon. You can treat these icons just as if they were hard drives, though be warned that all operations with the fileserver are likely to be very slow.

Security Note

When you are done with the lab module and preparing to leave the lab, dismount the fileserver (make it unaccessible again) by dragging the "My Work" and "COS 111 Software" icons to the trash can. If you do not do this, your files will remain available to everyone else who uses the machine, and may be damaged.

Windows95

• If you have already started some work, save it on the hard drive first; otherwise, what you're working on will be lost in the next step.
• If the screen shows anything other than a lone Login panel, restart the computer by finding the Shutdown option in the Start menu, and from the list of options, selecting: Close all programs and log in as a new user. (Or if the computer is off, just switch it on now.)
• A box should appear which says, Type your password to log in to the server. Enter "e203_user" in the first (User) field, leave the second (Password) field blank, and leave the third field set to whatever it starts as. Click on the OK button.
• After a brief delay, there should now be icons on the desktop, including one called Network Neighborhood. Press your right mouse button on this icon to get a menu, and from it select: Map Network Drive.
• In the resulting pop-up panel, select drive K: in the first field, and type \\smbserve\username into the second field (where username should be replaced by your CIT UNIX account name). Do not check the box on this panel, but click OK.
• You should now get a panel asking for a password.

  Security Note

  Every time you perform this login procedure, you must remember to UNCHECK THE BOX that asks you whether you want to save your password. Otherwise, anyone who walks into the lab can gain complete access to your personal files and email. If you do not see the password panel at this point in the procedure, it means you have already compromised your account in this way, and you should change your CIT UNIX password. Ask your lab TA for assistance if this is the case.

  After UNCHECKING THE BOX that asks whether you want to save your password, enter your CIT UNIX password and click OK.

• You should now see a new folder containing the course files and your personal work. These files will also be accessible just as if they were on a disk drive named "K:\", analogous to the computer's hard drive, which is called "C:\" (though operations involving the K drive may take somewhat longer).

  Security Note

  When you are done with the lab module and are preparing to leave the lab, restart the computer again, by once again selecting "Quit all programs and log in as another user". You don't have to log in again, just leave it sitting. Better yet, shut down Win95 and turn the computer off completely. If you don't do one of these things, your files will remain accessible to other people using that computer, and they may be damaged.