Connecting to Sambasrv - Windows

Follow these instructions to connect to sambasrv, the server that connects Windows machines to the networked campus printers and to RCS files and directories.

Authentication

First, be sure you have supplied your RCS userID and password in the Windows login dialog box, displayed at Windows startup.

Installing the Plain Text Password Patch

You must install the plain text password patch and reboot your system to use Sambasrv to map a network drive or print to RCS network printers.

Connecting to the RCS Network through sambasrv

To map the drive "manually," right-click on the My Computer icon on your PC's desktop and select the Map Network Drive ... option from the menu that appears. The Map Network Drive window will appear, prompting you for the Drive and Path (or Folder) of the desired disk resource. The Drive letter will default to the next available drive, but you may select any available drive letter. Then type in the desired network path as follows:

To connect to RCS public areas, type \\sambasrv\public.
To connect to your RCS home directory, type \\sambasrv\userID (substituting your own RCS userID, e.g. smithj9).

The system may prompt you to enter a password. If so, enter your RCS password and click on the OK button.

Last modified: February 25, 2009