(1) First, when you turn on your computer you must log on to the 'engineering' domain. If you skip the step of logging on, you will not have the ability to map to the drive. You may not be able to map a drive from a remote location or when logged into a different network. In that case, you will have to use the scp method.

(2) There are two ways to acess the dialog box to map a drive.

Method A: By default the 'map drive icon' may not appear on your My computer window. If it does, it will look like

(to turn on the display of the 'map drive icon', from the My Computer menu, select 'View>Folder Options', then click the checkbox, (see below),

Method B: Right-click the My Computer icon on the desktop. Then select 'Map Network Drive....'

(2) Entering the address to map. The following dialog box will appear,

Select an unused drive letter, and type in the

dept website    '\\samba.egr.msu.edu\web\www.chems.msu.edu\htdocs\'
research space    '\\samba.egr.msu.edu\research\'

-- be sure to use back slashes instead of forward slashes. If you wish for the system to log you in automatically each time, use the checkbox for 'Reconnect'. You should leave the checkbox unchecked normally since it will delay your bootup time.

(3) A folder window will appear. You can browse to the directory of interest, you will have to browse for

classes

or

fac.pub

(4) You should be able to copy and paste files as if the drive is part of your machine. Be very careful not to delete something belonging to someone else! When adding files in mapped drives, the permission is typically world readable. Always verify that your links work after you place files. If you have trouble with access to the files, check that the files are world readable. The unix scripts 'fixclass' or 'fixpub' are available if you are not comfortable with the chmod command to fix permissions.

(5) Do not leave a running computer with mapped drives unsecure. (Actually anytime you are logged onto the domain, the computer has special permissions.)