Using CIS Home Directories as Networked Storage

All CIS Unix account holders have access to storage space on the CIS Unix machines in the form of your home directory on those systems. This provides, as of Spring 2008, 250 M of storage which can be used for holding e-mail or for files created while directly logged into the CIS Unix systems.

Your home directory is also accessible via the UNH network due to two technologies, Samba and Netatalk, which are running on the CIS Unix systems. Samba provides Windows file sharing services while Netatalk provides AppleShare file sharing services for Macintosh users. This means that if you are on a Macintosh or Windows computer that is on the campus network, you can access your CIS Unix home directory as a personal, secure, backed-up storage location. This disk space can potentially be accessed via any computer on the UNH network.

Windows Systems

To access your CIS Unix home directory from a Windows 2000 or Windows XP computer on the UNH network:

Select the Run prompt from the Start Menu.
Enter the following path replacing YOUR_USER_NAME with your actual CIS Unix account name. (e.g. jsmith)
```
\\cisunix.unh.edu\YOUR_USER_NAME
```
Click the OK button on the Run prompt dialog.
You may be prompted for a username and password. If so, enter your CIS Unix username and password where indicated.

A window will appear showing the contents of your CIS Unix home directory. You can then use this as you would any other Window to open files, copy items from your computer's hard drive to that space on your Unix account, or vice versa. Repeat the above process any time you need to access your CIS Unix home directory under Windows.

Note: The instructions above are for Windows 2000 or newer operating systems. While it is possible to access your CIS Unix disk space under Windows 95 or Windows 98, it is more difficult as it requires that you initially logged into the computer with your CIS Unix username as your Windows username. This may be difficult under some configurations. As a result and because Windows 95 and 98 support is being phase out, we are not posting detailed instructions for these operating systems.

Macintosh Systems

To access your CIS Unix home directory from a Mac OS X computer on the UNH network:

Select the Connect to Server... item from the Finder's Go menu.
Enter the following as the Address of the computer you wish to connect to:
```
netatalk.unh.edu
```
Click the Connect button.
Enter your CIS Unix username and password in the dialog that appears and click the Connect button.
From the list of available volumes, select the one with your account name. There should be only one in the list. Click OK.

A network volume icon will appear on the Desktop with your CIS Unix account name as the name of that volume. Treat it as you would any hard drive or other disk on your local computer to open files, copy items from your computer's hard drive to that space on your Unix account, or vice versa.

To disconnect your CIS Unix home directory, select its icon and either drag it to the Trash icon or select Eject from the Finder menus. Repeat the above process any time you need to access your CIS Unix home directory from a Macintosh computer on the UNH network.

Off-campus Access

You can also access your CIS Unix disk space from off-campus. For Mac OS X machine, the process is identical to if you are on campus. For Windows users, the campus firewall blocks incoming Windows file sharing requests for security reasons.

The best alternative for Windows users from off-campus is to use Internet Explorer to access the disk space via FTP. Do so as follows:

Open Internet Explorer.
In the Address bar, enter the following URI replacing YOUR_USER_NAME with your actual CIS Unix account name. (e.g. jsmith)
```
ftp://YOUR_USER_NAME@cisunix.unh.edu
```
When you press Return, you will be prompted to enter a user name and password. Enter your CIS Unix username and password where indicated and click Login.
Use the web browser interface to drag files to your CIS Unix account or to copy them to your local computer.

You cannot directly open the files in your account when accessing it in this fashion, but it does allow both downloading and uploading of files in a simple fashion. You can always copy a file from your CIS Unix account to your local computer, work on it, and then copy it back again when finished for later access when back on campus.

It Follows You!

Because this storage space is located on a network server, it is accessible from most any place you are at UNH. Some possible uses of this space are:

Prepare class materials in your office, copy them to your CIS Unix account, and access them for a presentation in a SuperTEC classroom.
Move files easily between Windows and Macintosh computer systems.
Continue work on a file that began in a Student Computing Cluster location when you return to your dorm room or office. The Student Computing Cluster computers automatically access your CIS Unix home directory when you login.
Access files you have already created and saved to your CIS Unix account from a friend or colleague's computer when collaborating on a project.
Use the CIS Unix space to backup important documents on your own computer by copying them to your home directory. This is doubly secure since the CIS Unix disks themselves are automatically backed up.

If you wish to request a CIS Unix account, please contact the IT Support Center in Dimond Library.