Filestore@UCL: Adding your Home (N:) drive to a Linux machine

Guidance on how to add and bookmark your UCL Home (N) drive to a Linux machine so that you can access your UCL files and documents.

This guide is aimed at...

• Students
• Staff

Before you start...

• A Linux operating system – These instructions assume you are using GNOME or Unity, but the process should be similar on other Linux operating systems
• A computer connected to the UCL network either onsite or via the UCL VPN remote access service if you are offsite
• You need to know your 7 character UCL user ID

Please note: The full path that you need to access is based on the last character (letter or number) of your user ID. For example, smb://ad.ucl.ac.uk/HomeA/YourUserID for user IDs ending in ‘A’.

Instructions

1. In Finder click on Files in the Dock and then click on Other Locations.
    

   

   Fig.1 – Other Locations
2. In the Connect to Server field enter the address of your N drive using the path below substituting “ccearp0” with your own UCL user ID.

   smb://ad.ucl.ac.uk/home0/ccearp0

   Please note the number “0” after home. You should substitute it with the last character (letter or number) of your user ID.

   
   
   Fig.2 – Connect to Server window
3. Click Connect
4. Supply your connection details as follows:
   
   Connect As: Registered User
   Username: your UCL user ID
   Domain: ad.ucl.ac.uk
   Password: your UCL password
   Select Remember forever
   
   
   
   
   Fig.3 – Credentials screen
5. Click Connect. This will mount your home drive in the left side Files menu.
6. In Files right-click the home drive and select Add Bookmark. This will make your home drive persistently appear in the Files menu.
   
   
   
   
   Fig.4 – Add Bookmark menu
7. At log in, click the bookmark to quickly mount your hard drive.
   
   
   
   
   Fig.5 – The bookmarked home drive in the Files menu

Related guides & other info

• Adding a Shared (S:) drive to a Linux machine
• Adding your Home (N:) drive to legacy clients 

Help & Support

For further help and assistance you will need to contact the IT Services.