You can access your H: drive via something called “webfolders”. This works on any Internet capable Windows/Mac/Linux computer, both on and off campus.
Webfolders are a useful alternative to RAS, and they allow non University Common Desktop PCs access to your H: drive and Z: drive, regardless of your location.
You can also use webfolders to access Institute folders and Research folders (more commonly known as the Z: drive). We have a different set of instructions here explaining how to access those areas.
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Accessing your H: drive / home folder
*** Windows 7 / XP
Users should follow the instructions provided by ISS http://www.ncl.ac.uk/itservice/filestore/remoteaccess/webfolders/
*** Apple Mac OS X
Finding your Home Folder / Webfolders path
Open the Newcastle university home page: http://www.ncl.ac.uk
Click People search
Click My Details
If prompted, authenticate using your campus ID and password.
Click the link for “ISS technical information, including details of which ISS servers you use and any role accounts you own.”
Either make a note or right-click on the link next to “Home folder via WebFolders” and choose “Copy link” from the menu
Close your web browser
Click on your desktop area
Finder (menu bar)
Preferences
Ensure that “Connected Servers” box is ticked
Close the window
Go (menu bar)
Connect to Server…
Carefully enter the address you noted earlier or delete whatever address is currently in the Server Address box. Right-click and choose “Paste” from the menu
You should end up with something that resembles
https://webfolders.ncl.ac.uk/home/homeXX/n123example
Click Connect button
Enter your ISS login and password
Tick “remember this password in my keychain”
Click Connect button
*** Linux
This has only been tested on our officially supported Linux distributions – Red Hat/CentOS/Scientific Linux/Fedora. We will test other distributions later.
Follow the first part of the Apple Mac instructions, with regards to finding your Home Folder/Webfolder path
Places (menu bar)
Connect to Server…
Service type = Secure WebDAV (HTTPS)
Server = webfolders.ncl.ac.uk
Folder = /home/homeXX/n123example
(replace homeXX, which can be found in the webfolder address you noted earlier, and n123example should be altered to reflect your ISS login
username = your ISS login
Name to use for connection = something useful eg h drive
Click Connect button
Enter your ISS password. Tick “remember my password for this session”
Click Connect button
Click “Allow Once” button
When finished, remember to unmount your webfolder. Right-click over the web folder icon, sitting on the Desktop, and choose “Unmount Volume” from the menu.