Regional University Computing Center Kaiserslautern-Landau

File storage to your account

The RHRZ provides file storage space for each RPTU account. In your personal home directory on the Windows systems as well as independently on the Linux systems of the RHRZ you can store the documents you need for your work in studies, research and teaching.

If you use the high performance computers (HPC) of the RHRZ, you also have a home directory in the HPC area for the duration of the HPC use.

For general information on the amount of storage space available and offerings beyond the basic requirements, please see the Storage section.

Access to your personal home directories

To access your file storage from home you will need VPN access to the RPTU network.

This will give you access to the file storage available to you:

From your Windows computer

  1. enter the following address - adapted to your RPTU account - in the address line of your Windows Explorer:
     
    • For your Windows home directory:
      \\files.rptu.de\dfs\users\<rptuaccountnameinitial>\<rptu accountname>
    • Linux home directory:
      \\files-linux.rptu.de\homes\
    • For your HPC home directory:
      \\files-hpc.rptu.de\homes\
       
  2. in the login dialog that is displayed, log in with <RPTU account name>@rptu.de and the corresponding RPTU password. If your PC is integrated in the Windows domain, no login dialog will appear and you will get access immediately.
     

Example for Max Mustermann (access to Windows home directory):

Path: \\files.rptu.de\dfs\users\m\mus77ter
Username: mus77ter@rptu.de
Password: <RPTU password>

From your Linux computer

  1. you can reach your file location using a graphical file manager by specifying the following path - customized to your RPTU account:
     
    • For your Linux home directory:
      sftp://files-linux.rptu.de/home/<rptu account name> or
      smb://files-linux.rptu.de/homes/
    • For your Windows home directory:
      smb://files.rptu.de/dfs/users/<rptu account name initial>/<rptu account name>
    • For your HPC home directory:
      sftp://files-hpc.rptu.de/home/<rptu account name> or
      smb://files-hpc.rptu.de/homes/
       
  2. in the login dialog, enter your RPTU account name and the corresponding RPTU password. You may be asked for a domain, please enter "UNI-KL" here.
     

Example for Max Mustermann (access to Linux home directory):

Path: smb://files-linux.rptu.de/homes/
Username: mus77ter
Domain: UNI-KL
Password: <RPTU password>

From your Mac

  1. use the "Finder", select "Go" -> "Connect to Server" and enter the following address - adapted to your RPTU account:
     
    • For your Windows home directory:
      smb://files.rptu.de/dfs/users/<rptu account name initial>/<rptu account name>
    • For your Linux home directory:
      smb://files-linux.rptu.de/homes/
    • For your HPC home directory:
      smb://files-hpc.rptu.de/homes/
       
  2. then enter your RPTU account name and the corresponding RPTU password in the following login dialog.
     

Example for Max Mustermann (access to Windows home directory):

Path: smb://files.rptu.de/dfs/users/m/mus77ter
Username: mus77ter
Password: <RPTU password>