We suggest Mac users use Samba in conjunction with the Duke CS VPN outside CS, or install MacFuse and MacFusion to access the CS file systems with SSH.
Accessing share via samba
- One change must be made to allow your Mac to connect with the department's SAMBA server. You must have a /etc/nsmb.conf file which contains these lines: [default] minauth=none streams=no
- Once this is done, you can connect by pressing from within the Finder. Enter the address of the SAMBA server, share.cs.duke.edu or use the numeric IP, 10.236.184.69. You can add this to the list of servers by clicking the + sign.
- Next enter your CS username and password, and make sure you are logging in as a .
- Finally select the filesytem you wish to mount.
If this works, you can drag the mounted filesystem icon (the starry globe in the cube) onto your dock. In the future, whenever you click on this, it will mount automatically if it hasn't already been mounted, and then open a finder window for browsing.