What is Remote Drive Mapping?

Remote drive mapping is designed to make working with files on the Rutgers central server systems (that is, on RCI and Eden) as convenient as possible. With remote drive mapping, File Transfer Protocol (FTP) software or any other special software isn't needed to access files. Once connected via an assigned drive letter, the files will be just as easy to change as if they were located on your own hard disk.

What Do I Need to Use Samba?

1. A valid RCI or Eden account.
2. For access off-campus, the Cisco VPN software configured to connect to the Rutgers network. Mac OS X users can also set up SSH port tunneling to access Samba from off campus. (NOTE: SSH Port Tunneling Is Not Supported By OIT)
3. A Samba password, which must first be obtained by clicking on the Samba Access link on the respective system's Webtools page below. The Samba password, separate from the RCI or Eden password, will be sent to the account owner's e-mail address. The same holds true for departmental accounts and student organization accounts.
   
   • RCI: http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/webtools/
   • Eden: http://www.eden.rutgers.edu/webtools/
4. A computer using Mac OS X (10.x) operating system.
5. The path to connect to the shared folders
   
   There are two possible Samba paths. The first is www, the public_html directory in which Web page files are kept. The second is homes which is the special directory on the account which users are allowed to access using Samba.
   
   
6. Finally the name of the host (i.e. RCI or Eden) upon which the share will be located.

Once a Samba Password has been obtained (see Step 3 of the What Do I Need To Use Samba? section) users can mount the Shares on their account by doing the following:

1. From the Mac OS X toolbar, pull down the Go menu and select Connect To Server.

   

2. The Connect To Server dialog box will appear.

   In Mac OS X Version 10.1, and 10.2 the Connect To Server dialog box looks like:

   

   In Mac OS X Version 10.3 the Connect To Server dialog box looks like:

   

3. In the Address field (10.1 and 10.2) or the Server Address (10.3). type in the appropriate path. The path will be entered in the following format: smb://system_name/share_name

   For example, to mount the RCI_drive directory type:

   smb://rci.rutgers.edu/homes

   or

   smb://rci.rutgers.edu/www

   to mount the public_html directory.

   
   (Eden users would use //eden.rutgers.edu/www)
   
   
   Step 3 as seen in Mac OS X 10.1 and 10.2

   
   Step 3 as seen in Mac OS X 10.3

4. Click Connect to connect to the Samba directory. You will be prompted for your account username and your unique Samba password that was e-mailed to your RCI account (the area marked Workgroup/Domain should be left empty). Note: the Samba password can be cut and pasted from the e-mail message to the password field.
   
5. Then click OK

   

6. A screen will appear displaying the contents of the remote share on RCI.

   

7. Files can now be moved, removed, and accessed as if the files were on the computer the user is using.

8. An icon will be displayed on the desktop of the local computer. Clicking this icon is an easy way to go back to use the remote share on RCI or Eden.

   Mac OS X 10.1 and 10.2	Mac OS X 10.3

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