Windows Data
Access SMB shares from MacOS#
It’s possible to access Windows network shares via SMB protocol.
- Note: H: and M: drives became obsolete since 2022 and not available anymore. The only research volumes are accessible.
From GUI file manager#
Start Finder and and navigate to:
smb://vuwstocoissrin1.vuw.ac.nz/<research_volume_name>
- domain name: staff
- login: your_windows_login
- password: Your Staff (Windows) password
- Remember Password
With mount (user must be in administrator group)#
sudo mkdir -p /mnt/smb/research
sudo mount -t cifs -o domain=staff,username=your_windows_login \
//vuwstocoissrin1.vuw.ac.nz/RESEARCH_VOLUME_NAME/ \
/mnt/smb/research