Remote access to your home- and groupdirectory

If you want to access the files you have stored on your home or group directory from home, you can also use the terminal server for this and edit the files directly with all NWZ standard applications.

Direct Integration of the Network Drives

You can also integrate the network drives directly.

Personal Network Drive

To do that, you first have to set up a VPN-Connection. The further procedure varies according to the operating system you are using:

  • Under Windows enter the network path in the following way:

    \\nwz.wwu.de\dfs\home\<a>\<account>

     <account> is the NWZ username and <a> is its starting letter.

    The user Angelika Mustermann (a_must01) has therefore the following network address:

    \\nwz.wwu.de\dfs\home\A\a_must01

    You will then be asked (it may take a while) for your username and password. The username is "NWZ\<account>" (without the quotation marks; <account> has to be replaced by your username again), the password is your standard NWZ password. Then you have access to the "I:-drive".

    Alternatively, this command can also be saved in a batch file. To create a batch file, open an editor (e.g. Notepad) and insert the following line:

    net use i: \\nwz.wwu.de\dfs\home\a\a_must01 /user:NWZ\a_must01 /persistent:no

  • (Replace the path and user name in the same way as for the first example.)

    Then save the file e.g. on your desktop. File -> Save as... -> File name: I-drive.bat -> File type: All files.

    If you now click on the batch file you just created, you will be prompted for your password and your I: drive will be connected.

  • Under Mac OS or Unix/Linux enter the network path in the following way:  smb://nwz.wwu.de/dfs/home/a/a_must01.

    • Under Mac OS X select the command "Connect to server..." from the "Go to" menu in the Finder and enter the address there.
      You then enter your standard NWZ access data as user name and password (name: nwz\username) and then have access to the I: drive.
    • Under Linux the connection setup varies according to the distribution.  If you are using GNOME, there should be a "Connect to server..." command in the File menu of the file browser. There, specify that you want to connect to a Windows server and enter the address. As domain select "NWZ" (without the quotation marks) and as user name your NWZ ID. When you connect, you will be asked for your NWZ password, and then you will have access to your drive.

Group Drives

Again, please set up a VPN connection first. The further procedure differs depending on the operating system you are using:

  • Under Windows, enter the following network path:

    \\nwz.wwu.de\dfs\Group

    You will then be asked (it may take a while) for your username and password. The username is "NWZ\<account>" (without the quotation marks; <account> has to be replaced by your username again), the password is your normal NWZ password and then you have access to your group drives.

    Alternatively, this command can also be saved in a batch file. To create a batch file, open an editor (e.g. Notepad) and insert the following line:

    net use g: \\nwz.wwu.de\dfs\Group /user:NWZ\<account> * /persistent:no

    (Of course, replace <account> with the username again.)

    Then save the file e.g. on your desktop. File -> Save as... -> File name: Gruppenplatten.bat -> File type: All files.

    If you now click on the batch file you just created, you will be prompted for your password and your group drives will be connected.

  • Under Mac OS or Unix/Linux, enter the network path in the following way: smb://nwz.wwu.de/dfs/group

    • Under Mac OS X, select the command "Connect to server..." from the "Go to" menu in the Finder and enter the address there.
      You then enter your normal NWZ access data as username and password (name: nwz\username) and have access to the group drive
    • Under Linux the connection setup differs according to the distribution. If you are using GNOME, it should issue a "Connect to server..." command. in the File menu of the file browser. There you can specify that you want to connect to a Windows server and enter the address.
      As domain select "NWZ" (without the quotation marks) and as user name your NWZ ID. When you connect, you will be asked for your NWZ password, and then you will have access to the drive.