Windows 95, 98, NT and 2000 workstation users can mount directories as shares on their desktop and map network drives (E:, F:, G:,...) to directories.
Your workstation must be correctly configured to allow you to mount directories as shares. Achieving a robust and reliable Windows file sharing configuration seems to be as much art as science, but the facility is well worth pursuing, and I wish you the best of luck. Open the Control Panel window, double-click on the Network control panel and click on the Configuration tab.
If the Client for Microsoft Networks isn't installed, add it using the Add... button.
If the TCP/IP protocol isn't installed, add it using the Add... button and configure its properties.
Click on the IP Address properties. If you have a dial-up connection or reside in a subnet that automatically assigns IP addresses, check Obtain an IP address automatically; otherwise, check Specify an IP address and enter your given IP address (usually of the form 134.71.subnet.number) and Subnet Mask (usually 255.255.254.0).
Click on the Gateway properties. If you checked Specify an IP address in the IP Address properties, make sure a gateway is listed in the Installed gateways (usually of the form 134.71.subnet.2).
Click on the DNS Configuration properties and check Enable DNS. Make sure the domain csupomona.edu is listed in the Domain Suffix Search Order.
Click on the WINS Configuration properties and check Disable WINS Resolution.
Click on the Bindings properties, and check Client for Microsoft Networks.
If your Intranet account was created before July 1999 and you have not changed your password since July 1999, password verification fails. Change your password (to itself, if desired) to enable password verification using Microsoft's challenge and response method.
Windows requests and stores your username and password when it starts, and provides the stored username and password to the file server when you mount directories on your desktop. If the username you entered wasn't your Intranet username, then you should restart Windows and enter your Intranet username. It isn't necessary to enter the password when the workstation starts; it can be provided when the file server is first used. We advise that you not save your password on your workstation.
To map a network drive (E:, F:, G:,...) to a directory:
Right-click on the icon labeled Network Neighborhood and select Map Network Drive...
Enter a drive letter in the box labeled Drive:, enter one of the available shares in the box labeled Path:, and click on the button labeled OK. The available shares are:
\\files\username (95 or 98)
\\files.csupomona.edu\username (NT or 2000)
The drive letter is mapped to the user directory /dfs/user/username.
\\files\groupname (95 or 98)
\\files.csupomona.edu\groupname (NT or 2000)
The drive letter is mapped to the group directory /dfs/group/groupname.
\\files\winlicense (95 or 98)
\\files.csupomona.edu\winlicense (NT or 2000)
The drive letter is mapped to the Windows licensed software directory /dfs/os/windows/license.
\\files\winpublic (95 or 98)
\\files.csupomona.edu\winpublic (NT or 2000)
The drive letter is mapped to the Windows public software directory /dfs/os/windows/public.
To mount a directory on the desktop of a Windows workstation:
Right-click on the icon labeled Network Neighborhood and select Find Computer...
Enter the computer name files in the box labeled Named: and click on the button labeled Find Now.
If a computer named files is found, double-click on it. If it isn't found, then the workstation probably wasn't configured as described above.
A list of shares available on files is displayed, from which you select those to be mounted. The available shares are:
username
The user directory /dfs/user/username.
winlicense
The Windows licensed software directory /dfs/os/windows/license.
winpublic
The Windows public software directory /dfs/os/windows/public.
If you didn't enter your password when Windows started, your password is requested.
Access to files and directories through a Windows workstation is controlled by ACLs. Read access is needed to open a file or view a directory listing; write/insert access is needed to save a file or make a directory; delete access is needed to delete a file. Remember that you can make shortcuts to mounted shares.