Network Folder in Linux
Quick links:
- Technical introduction
- Paths for personal and group folders
- Connect your personal or group folder via the file manager
- Connect your personal or group folder (temporarily) via the command line
- Connect your personal or group folder (automatically) via the command line
- Access and work in your personal or group folder
- Work with multiple computers
- Restore data
Technical introduction
You can manage your storage here:
Log in with your university ID (AKKA ID) and password A.
There you can see all folders you have access to by name and service level.
Read more about personal folders and how to get started here.
Your personal folder and group folders can be accessed from:
There you can also share your files with other users, both within and outside the University.
Paths for personal and group folders
Depending on how you use your computer, there are a number of different ways to connect to Argos. These require you to be on the university network, either directly or via VPN. You can connect to both your personal folder and other group spaces.
- The general path for a personal folder is “//argos.storage.uu.se/MyFolder$/<AKKA ID>/”, where you replace <AKKA ID> with your AKKA ID.
- The general path for group folders is “//argos.storage.uu.se/MyGroups$/”
The path can be extended to more levels to “//argos.storage.uu.se/MyGroups$/<Level>/<Name>/<Folder>/”, where you replace <Level> with the service level of the group space (Iron, Bronze, Silver Gold), <Name> with the name of the group space (see admin page) and <Folder> with the folder/path you want to reach.
This has been tested on Ubuntu 20.04.
Connect your personal or group folder via the file manager
- Open your file manager
- Click “Other locations”
- Click the “Connect to server” box, enter “smb://<path>” and press Enter.
- This will mount a device in the left-hand column. Right-click on the device and select “Add Bookmark”.
This will become a shortcut for mounting the device the next time.
Connect your personal or group folder (temporarily) via the command line
You can make a temporary connection to your personal or group folder that will be disconnected if you reboot the system or the network goes down. Note that the connection may require root access, and that Sudo and root users will then be able to access the network folders you connect.
- Create a mountpoint. In the following example, we create a subfolder to
/media: mkdir /media/argos-mygroups - Make the folder accessible to you and your group:
chmod 770 /media/argos-mygroups - Connect the folder you created, switch to your username, and, when asked, enter password A:
sudo mount -t cifs //argos.storage.uu.se/MyGroups$ /media/argos-mygroups o domain=user,user=<AKKA ID>
Connect your personal or group folder (automatically) via the command line
It is possible to have group folders connected automatically each time you start the system. The instructions below can also be used to connect your personal folder. Note that some commands require root or sudo access. All accesses to the group folder will be done with the user account in the .smbcredentials file created.
- Create a mountpoint. In the following example, we create a subfolder to
/media: mkdir /media/argos-mygroups - Make the folder accessible to you and your group:
chmod 770 /media/argos-mygroups - Create a hidden file in the personal folder nano ~/.smbcredentials and limit access to your user: chmod 600 ./smbcredentals
- Add the following three lines to ~/.smbcredentials
- Replace with your own username: username=<AKKA ID>
- Replace with your own password A: password=<Password A>
- Add a domain for user account: domain=user
- You should now be able to add the following to fstab nano /etc/fstab to connect your folder automatically at each start:
//argos.storage.uu.se/MyGroups$ /media/argos-mygroups/ cifs auto,user,rw,exec,noserverino,credentials=/home/<linuxuser>/.smbcredentials 0 0 - To verify that everything works, test connecting using the settings in fstab sudo mount a or sudo mount /media/argos-mygroups
- Remember to remove the connection to the drive in case you log out: sudo umount /media/<mount-point>
Access and work in your personal or group folder
When you are at your workplace and connected to the University’s wired network or to the wireless network Eduroam, you can access your files via your network-connected folder. Note that the network folder requires these connections. If you are working from home or another location, you can use your network folder by connecting your computer via a VPN connection. Note that this requires a stable and fast internet connection. You should have at least a 50 MB connection to use network-connected folders securely and stably over VPN.
Work with multiple computers
You can connect your personal or group folder to multiple computers as a network folder. Follow the steps above for each computer you want to use to access your files via a network-connected folder.
Restore data
Send an email to itsupport@uu.se with the path to the file or folder you want to restore, and we will help you restore your data. Example of a path:
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If you have any questions, please contact IT Support.