How do I add a person to the facility's file share?
Facility staff contact ChemIT with specific information:
- Include NetID and name.
- Include which group.
- NMR only: Specify equipment needed. (NMR's Linux accounts are not done through ChemIT)
What rights do my users have on my facility's file share?
- Read and write.
- Accessible fro their private computers.
- From off-campus, must use VPN.
What rights do my instrument accounts have on the facility's file share?
How do I add a group? (ChemIT)
- Create a folder
- Add AD group rights
How does my user access my facility's file share?
You need to add your own folder's name to the path, which is usually the PI's last name.
For Windows:
- NMR ---> \\files.cornell.edu\AS\CHM\NMR\Group
- X-ray—> \\files.cornell.edu\AS\CHM\Xray\FinalizedData\Group
For Mac using Mac OS 10.7 (Lion) and above:
- NMR ---> smb://files.cornell.edu/AS/CHM/NMR/Group
- X-ray—> smb://files.cornell.edu/AS/CHM/Xray/FinalizedData/Group
See the facilities documentation for more details.
- NMR's documentation:
- X-ray's documentation:
ChemIT's general instructions to connect to a file share:
How will we clean out users given access to our facility's share who no longer should have access? How do I remove a group?
- Facility's staff should work with ChemIT staff to go through their list of file share users and groups.
How can I check what groups are in AD?
- Using the AD website lookup tool.