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For all CCB staff and others, Windows and Mac file sharing. Includes using Cornell's DFS service. |
See also
- Instructions for using group's file share
- Configuring restricted user folders on file share folders
- Drive letter conventions (Windows auto-mount) (ChemIT staff only)
- ChemIT's internal file servers (ChemIT staff only)
Overview
Using the Microsoft Distributed File System (DFS) convention to mount file shares makes things easier.DFS Brings 2 main features to a system of file shares.
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- Your mapping can still work even when the provisioning service underneath changes completely.
- The DFS convention is easier to remember than the fully qualified names.A fully qualified name may look something like, <as-chm-serv_2.ad.cornell.edu>.
- Mount points can be on a wide variety of services on campus, including services provisioned by CRCFChemIT, A&S, and CIT.
- Security is still managed on the shares using normal Domain accounts and authorization, using NTFS permissions & AD groups. This helps make permissions easier to understand for users, and more efficient to support and maintain.
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- Staff file shares. R:
is mapped to <\\files.cornell.edu\as\chm\>. - From R:
, you can browser department file shares you are authorized to either just see or see and write to.
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