Filestore
- When you are using Windows-XP you have access to an M: drive which is provided by the University Computing Service. This is not (directly) accessible from Linux or Unix systems available in the School labs.
- The School also provides you with a network home directory which is where you log into when using a School Linux system. Again, this is not automatically visible when running Windows in Microlabs.
However, it is possible to access either of these filestores from most places in the world, by one means or another:
| Where you are logged on | Which OS you are booted into | Central Windows filestore | Eng filestore |
| UoE Microlabs | Windows 7 | M: | mappable |
| Linux | ~/My Documents | ~/SEE documents | |
| School Microlabs TLA/B/D/F/G |
Windows 7 | M: | mappable |
| Linux | [1] | /home/username | |
| School Linux lab, TLC | Linux | [1] | /home/username |
| Home | Windows | remote method | remote method |
| Linux | remote method | scp/sftp [2] |
NB: "~" represents your login directory (folder) on Linux/Unix systems.
[1] It ought to be possible to do this. If you have logged in using your Windows PC username and password who should have the necessary authentication `ticket' to speak to the Windows server holding your central file server. There are six of these servers and you need to know which one your files are held on. Then... (we'll tell you what to do when we have worked it out.) Sysnote: Possibly not sufficient, may need systems to be in the central domain as well as the users. This will be the case for School Microlab Linux.
[2] - connect to "sshgate.see.ed.ac.uk"