Linux H: space

Accessing H:space using Linux

Important: It is necessary to use a VPN connection to access H: space and U: space from off campus. This also affects those using Outlook as an Exchange client and those accessing the directory server. You may like to try the Remote Desktop pilot scheme as an alternative.

Identify your H: space server

Recent Linux distributions

Older distributions and command line

Identify your H: space server

1.	Log on to a School Computer
2.	Double click the My Computer icon

3.	Make a note of the server that your H: space is on. The above example is Aaaauser on Server3.

Recent Linux distributions

1. Open your normal file manager (Konqueror or similar)

2. Enter smb://ServerX/Y_Users/LSEusername where ServerX is the name of your H: space server identified above, Y is the first initial of your username and LSEusername is your LSE username. Follow this with the $ sign.

3. You should be prompted with a log on box. SMB Authentication

Prefix your username with LSE\ if there is no domain field.

Manual mounting for older systems or command line users:

4.	Connect your Linux laptop to a laptop plug-in point.
5.	Using your Internet browser, connect to the LSE network by opening the LSE website at http://www.lse.ac.uk .
6.	Make a note of the username you used to log on to Linux.
7.	You will need to edit the Samba configuration file /etc/samba/smb.conf. Use your favourite super-user editor (e.g gedit, kwrite) to open the file smb.conf, and change the Workgroup setting to LSE.
7.	Open the Terminal program (hint: by clicking on the terminal icon from the panel at the bottom of the screen.
8.	At the Terminal prompt type, the following commands one after the other:
a.	mkdir hspace (press the enter key)
b.	su (press enter, and type your linux administrative password at the password prompt.)
c.	mount -t smbfs -o username=yourLSEusername //server?/yourLSEusername$ hspace
	(where yourLSEusername$ is your LSE username followed by the $ character, and server? is the server you made a note of in School).
	Press enter and type your LSE password at the prompt, then press enter again.
9.	Exit from the superuser prompt by typing exit, then press enter.
10.	List the contents of your H space by entering the command ls hspace