Access home directories

Instructions for: Windows, Linux and Mac

Description

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

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 your HPC use.

If you are not working on the RHRZ servers (remote desktop server, terminal server), you can also access these directories from other devices. You can find out how to do this in the following instructions.

Prerequisites
  • RPTU account
  • Connection to the university network(LAN, WLAN, VPN).

Instructions

Access to home directories

From your Windows computer

  • Enter the following address—customized for your RPTU account—into the address bar of Windows Explorer:
    • For your Windows home directory:
      \\files.rptu.de\dfs\users\<RPTU-accountname-first-letter>\<RPTU-accountname>
    • For your Linux home directory:
      \\files-linux.rptu.de\homes\
    • For your HPC home directory:
      \\files-hpc.rptu.de\homes
  • Log in to the login dialog shown below using <RPTU-Accountname>@rptu.de and the corresponding RPTU password. If your PC is part of the Windows domain, no login dialog will appear and you will be granted immediate access.

Example for Max Mustermann (access to the Windows Home directory):

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


From your Linux computer

  • You can access your file storage location using a graphical file manager by entering the following path—which should be adapted to your RPTU account:
    • For your Linux home directory:
      Sftp://files.rptu.de/home/<RPTU-accountname> or
      smb://files.rptu.de/homes/
    • For your Windows home directory:
      smb://files.rptu.de/dfs/users/<RPTU-accountname-first-letter>/<RPTU-accountname>
    • For your HPC home directory:
      Sftp://files.rptu.de/home/<RPTU-accountname> or
      smb://files.rptu.de/homes/
  • 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.rptu.de/homes/
Username: mus77ter
Domain: UNI-KL
Password: < RPTU password>


From your Mac

  • Use "Finder,"goto "Go"-> "Connect to Server," and enter the following address—replacing the placeholder with your RPTU account name:
    • For your Windows home directory:
      smb://files.rptu.de/dfs/users/<RPTU-accountname-first-letter>/<RPTU-accountname>
    • For your Linux home directory:
      smb://files.rptu.de/homes/
    • For your HPC home directory:
      smb://files.rptu.de/homes/
  • In the login dialog that appears, enter your RPTU account name and the corresponding RPTU password.

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

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


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