<\/a>Windows SMB\/CIFS Shares<\/h2>\nWindows SMB\/CIFS shares on the BU network can be accessed from the SCC using either graphical file browsers or command line utilities. This is commonly used to connect to shares on the IS&T Network File Storage (nas1.bu.edu)<\/a> and BUMC Y-Drive<\/a> services, but the same approach may be applied to other remote data shares.<\/p>\nUsing SCC OnDemand Interactive Desktop Session<\/h3><\/p>\nThe SCC OnDemand Interactive Desktop app provides a file manager that supports network shares.<\/p>\n
\n- Log into SCC OnDemand<\/a> and Launch an Interactive Desktop Session<\/li>\n
- Open the \u201cFile Manager\u201d
\n![\"\"](\"\/tech\/files\/2023\/10\/rcs_xferfiles_ood_desktop-1.png\")
<\/li>\n - Enter the path for the remote share.
\nThe path for the share will be comprised of the following components using the BUMC Y-Drive as an example. The path for the Y-Drive is `smb:\/\/ad.bu.edu\/bumcfiles`.<\/p>\n\n- The protocol: smb:\/\/<\/li>\n
- The servername: ad.bu.edu<\/li>\n
- The share name: bumcfiles
\n![\"\"](\"\/tech\/files\/2023\/10\/rcs_xferfiles_ood_desktop-2.1-1.png\")
<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n - Enter your credentials for the share.
\nFor BU services, this will be your BU username and password with \u201cAD\u201d as the domain.
\n![\"\"](\"\/tech\/files\/2023\/10\/rcs_xferfiles_ood_desktop-3.1.png\")
<\/li>\n - Navigate the file manager to find your files on the remote share.
\n![\"\"](\"\/tech\/files\/2023\/10\/rcs_xferfiles_ood_desktop-4.png\")
<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
Using smbclient<\/code> from the Command Line<\/h3><\/p>\nThe smbclient<\/span><\/code> utility provides directory navigation and file transfer for remote file systems using the SMB\/CIFS protocol. Official documentation for smbclient<\/span><\/code> can be found on the Samba website<\/a> or directly from the SCC by typing man smbclient<\/span><\/code>.<\/p>\nThe example below demonstrates a connection to the BUMC Y-Drive.<\/p>\n
\n- Connect to a remote share\n
scc1$<\/span> smbclient<\/span> \\\\\\\\ad.bu.edu\\\\bumcfiles -W ad.bu.edu -U username<\/span>\r\nEnter AD.BU.EDU\\username<\/span>\u2019s password:\r\nTry \"help\" to get a list of possible commands.<\/span>\r\nsmb: \\><\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n- Navigate the share
\nUse the smbclient<\/span><\/code> subcommands ls<\/span><\/code> and cd<\/span><\/code> to navigate the remote filesystem. Here we navigate to the SPH Environmental Health share and find myfile.txt<\/code>. If the directory that you want to use has spaces, then the path should be put in quotes.<\/p>\nsmb: \\><\/span> cd<\/span> SPH\\EH\\\r\nsmb: \\SPH\\EH\\><\/span> ls<\/span>\r\n. D 0 Mon Feb 14 09:35:09 2022\r\n.. D 0 Mon May 17 15:36:02 2021\r\nmyfile.txt F 1 Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n- Transfer data
\nUse the smbclient<\/span><\/code> subcommands get<\/span><\/code> and put<\/span><\/code> to transfer data to and from the SCC. The perspective for these sub-commands is from the SCC: a get<\/span><\/code> copies the specified file from the remote share to the SCC directory and put<\/span><\/code> will copy files from the SCC to the remote share. To transfer multiple files you can use the mget<\/span><\/code> and mput<\/span><\/code> commands.<\/p>\nsmb: \\><\/span> get<\/span> \"\\SPH\\EH\\myfile.txt\" \"\/projectnb\/mySCCproject\/myfile.txt\"\r\ngetting file \\SPH\\EH\\myfile.txt of size 18944 as \/projectnb\/mySCCproject\/myfile.txt<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n- Close the connection
\nUse the exit<\/span><\/code> command or Ctrl-D<\/code> to close the connection. You will see the standard SCC prompt once the program exits.<\/p>\nsmb: \\><\/span> exit<\/span>\r\nscc1$<\/span> <\/code><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
Network File System (\u201cNFS\u201d) Shares<\/span><\/h2>\nNetwork File System (“NFS”)<\/span> shares on the BU network can be accessed from the SCC using the automounter. The automounter utility is used to mount appropriately configured NFS shares<\/a> from remote systems to the \/net\/<\/code> directory on the SCC so that data can be transferred to and from the SCC. This utility is always available on the SCC and a researcher need only navigate to the mount point to access the data. At BU, common NFS shares include IS&T Network File Storage<\/a>, the ENGNAS<\/a>\u00a0and lab workstations.<\/span><\/p>\nUsing the Automounter to connect to NFS shares<\/h3>
\nA researcher with access to a data share on myremotesystem<\/span><\/code> could do the following. In this example, myremotesystem<\/span><\/code> is the hostname or IP address of the remote file server. This directory will not appear in the \/net<\/code> directory until it is accessed (e.g by using the cd<\/span><\/code> or ls<\/span><\/code> command) and the automounter mounts the share.<\/p>\nscc1$<\/span> ls<\/span> \/net\/myremotesystem<\/span> <\/code><\/pre>\nData stored on the IS&T Network File Storage service with NFS enabled can be accessed as follows. Note that not all IS&T Network File Storage shares are NFS enabled and you may need to use the SMB instructions in the section above.<\/p>\n
scc1$<\/span> ls<\/span> \/net\/nas1.bu.edu\/proj\/PROJECT_GROUP_NAME<\/span> <\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>Using the BU Engineering Share (ENGNAS)<\/h3><\/p>\nThe College of Engineering Information Technology department provides a network file storage system called ENGNAS<\/a> to engineering research labs, courses, projects, student groups, and administrative units. The ENGNAS is accessible from the SCC via NFS as described in the previous section and is additionally linked to the path \/ad\/eng\/<\/code> on the SCC for convenience. The \/ad\/eng\/<\/code> path mirrors that of ENGNAS on ENG-Grid and on ENG-IT managed workstations to allow researchers to seamlessly move between computing environments using the same paths for scripts, data, and software. Additional information for the organization of this network share is detailed on the ENG-IT File Storage Knowledgebase<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe ENG-GRID file system is accessible through\u00a0\/ad\/eng\/<\/code>:<\/p>\nscc1$<\/span> ls -l \/ad\/eng <\/span>\r\nlrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 25 Jun 10 2019 bin -> \/net\/engnas\/eng_linux\/bin<\/span>\r\nlrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 19 Jan 12 2020 courses -> \/net\/engnas\/Courses<\/span>\r\nlrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 25 Jun 10 2019 etc -> \/net\/engnas\/eng_linux\/etc<\/span>\r\nlrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 25 Jun 10 2019 lib -> \/net\/engnas\/eng_linux\/lib<\/span>\r\nlrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 25 Jun 10 2019 opt -> \/net\/engnas\/eng_linux\/opt<\/span>\r\nlrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 25 Jun 10 2019 pkg -> \/net\/engnas\/eng_linux\/pkg<\/span>\r\nlrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 27 Jun 10 2019 pkg.7 -> \/net\/engnas\/eng_linux\/pkg.7<\/span>\r\nlrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 20 Jan 12 2020 projects -> \/net\/engnas\/Projects<\/span>\r\nlrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 20 Jan 12 2020 research -> \/net\/engnas\/Research<\/span>\r\nlrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 26 Jun 10 2019 sbin -> \/net\/engnas\/eng_linux\/sbin<\/span>\r\nlrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 17 Jan 12 2020 users -> \/net\/engnas\/Users<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
Using SCC OnDemand Interactive Desktop Session<\/h3><\/p>\nThe SCC OnDemand Interactive Desktop app provides a file manager that supports network shares.<\/p>\n
\n- Log into SCC OnDemand<\/a> and Launch an Interactive Desktop Session<\/li>\n
- Open the \u201cFile Manager\u201d
\n<\/li>\n - Enter the path for the remote share.
\nThe path for the share will be comprised of the following components using the BUMC Y-Drive as an example. The path for the Y-Drive is `smb:\/\/ad.bu.edu\/bumcfiles`.<\/p>\n\n- The protocol: smb:\/\/<\/li>\n
- The servername: ad.bu.edu<\/li>\n
- The share name: bumcfiles
\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n - Enter your credentials for the share.
\nFor BU services, this will be your BU username and password with \u201cAD\u201d as the domain.
\n<\/li>\n - Navigate the file manager to find your files on the remote share.
\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
Using smbclient<\/code> from the Command Line<\/h3><\/p>\nThe smbclient<\/span><\/code> utility provides directory navigation and file transfer for remote file systems using the SMB\/CIFS protocol. Official documentation for smbclient<\/span><\/code> can be found on the Samba website<\/a> or directly from the SCC by typing man smbclient<\/span><\/code>.<\/p>\nThe example below demonstrates a connection to the BUMC Y-Drive.<\/p>\n
\n- Connect to a remote share\n
scc1$<\/span> smbclient<\/span> \\\\\\\\ad.bu.edu\\\\bumcfiles -W ad.bu.edu -U username<\/span>\r\nEnter AD.BU.EDU\\username<\/span>\u2019s password:\r\nTry \"help\" to get a list of possible commands.<\/span>\r\nsmb: \\><\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n- Navigate the share
\nUse the smbclient<\/span><\/code> subcommands ls<\/span><\/code> and cd<\/span><\/code> to navigate the remote filesystem. Here we navigate to the SPH Environmental Health share and find myfile.txt<\/code>. If the directory that you want to use has spaces, then the path should be put in quotes.<\/p>\nsmb: \\><\/span> cd<\/span> SPH\\EH\\\r\nsmb: \\SPH\\EH\\><\/span> ls<\/span>\r\n. D 0 Mon Feb 14 09:35:09 2022\r\n.. D 0 Mon May 17 15:36:02 2021\r\nmyfile.txt F 1 Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n- Transfer data
\nUse the smbclient<\/span><\/code> subcommands get<\/span><\/code> and put<\/span><\/code> to transfer data to and from the SCC. The perspective for these sub-commands is from the SCC: a get<\/span><\/code> copies the specified file from the remote share to the SCC directory and put<\/span><\/code> will copy files from the SCC to the remote share. To transfer multiple files you can use the mget<\/span><\/code> and mput<\/span><\/code> commands.<\/p>\nsmb: \\><\/span> get<\/span> \"\\SPH\\EH\\myfile.txt\" \"\/projectnb\/mySCCproject\/myfile.txt\"\r\ngetting file \\SPH\\EH\\myfile.txt of size 18944 as \/projectnb\/mySCCproject\/myfile.txt<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n- Close the connection
\nUse the exit<\/span><\/code> command or Ctrl-D<\/code> to close the connection. You will see the standard SCC prompt once the program exits.<\/p>\nsmb: \\><\/span> exit<\/span>\r\nscc1$<\/span> <\/code><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
Network File System (\u201cNFS\u201d) Shares<\/span><\/h2>\nNetwork File System (“NFS”)<\/span> shares on the BU network can be accessed from the SCC using the automounter. The automounter utility is used to mount appropriately configured NFS shares<\/a> from remote systems to the \/net\/<\/code> directory on the SCC so that data can be transferred to and from the SCC. This utility is always available on the SCC and a researcher need only navigate to the mount point to access the data. At BU, common NFS shares include IS&T Network File Storage<\/a>, the ENGNAS<\/a>\u00a0and lab workstations.<\/span><\/p>\nUsing the Automounter to connect to NFS shares<\/h3>
\nA researcher with access to a data share on myremotesystem<\/span><\/code> could do the following. In this example, myremotesystem<\/span><\/code> is the hostname or IP address of the remote file server. This directory will not appear in the \/net<\/code> directory until it is accessed (e.g by using the cd<\/span><\/code> or ls<\/span><\/code> command) and the automounter mounts the share.<\/p>\nscc1$<\/span> ls<\/span> \/net\/myremotesystem<\/span> <\/code><\/pre>\nData stored on the IS&T Network File Storage service with NFS enabled can be accessed as follows. Note that not all IS&T Network File Storage shares are NFS enabled and you may need to use the SMB instructions in the section above.<\/p>\n
scc1$<\/span> ls<\/span> \/net\/nas1.bu.edu\/proj\/PROJECT_GROUP_NAME<\/span> <\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>Using the BU Engineering Share (ENGNAS)<\/h3><\/p>\nThe College of Engineering Information Technology department provides a network file storage system called ENGNAS<\/a> to engineering research labs, courses, projects, student groups, and administrative units. The ENGNAS is accessible from the SCC via NFS as described in the previous section and is additionally linked to the path \/ad\/eng\/<\/code> on the SCC for convenience. The \/ad\/eng\/<\/code> path mirrors that of ENGNAS on ENG-Grid and on ENG-IT managed workstations to allow researchers to seamlessly move between computing environments using the same paths for scripts, data, and software. Additional information for the organization of this network share is detailed on the ENG-IT File Storage Knowledgebase<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe ENG-GRID file system is accessible through\u00a0\/ad\/eng\/<\/code>:<\/p>\nscc1$<\/span> ls -l \/ad\/eng <\/span>\r\nlrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 25 Jun 10 2019 bin -> \/net\/engnas\/eng_linux\/bin<\/span>\r\nlrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 19 Jan 12 2020 courses -> \/net\/engnas\/Courses<\/span>\r\nlrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 25 Jun 10 2019 etc -> \/net\/engnas\/eng_linux\/etc<\/span>\r\nlrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 25 Jun 10 2019 lib -> \/net\/engnas\/eng_linux\/lib<\/span>\r\nlrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 25 Jun 10 2019 opt -> \/net\/engnas\/eng_linux\/opt<\/span>\r\nlrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 25 Jun 10 2019 pkg -> \/net\/engnas\/eng_linux\/pkg<\/span>\r\nlrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 27 Jun 10 2019 pkg.7 -> \/net\/engnas\/eng_linux\/pkg.7<\/span>\r\nlrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 20 Jan 12 2020 projects -> \/net\/engnas\/Projects<\/span>\r\nlrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 20 Jan 12 2020 research -> \/net\/engnas\/Research<\/span>\r\nlrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 26 Jun 10 2019 sbin -> \/net\/engnas\/eng_linux\/sbin<\/span>\r\nlrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 17 Jan 12 2020 users -> \/net\/engnas\/Users<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
The SCC OnDemand Interactive Desktop app provides a file manager that supports network shares.<\/p>\n
- \n
- Log into SCC OnDemand<\/a> and Launch an Interactive Desktop Session<\/li>\n
- Open the \u201cFile Manager\u201d
\n<\/li>\n- Enter the path for the remote share.
\nThe path for the share will be comprised of the following components using the BUMC Y-Drive as an example. The path for the Y-Drive is `smb:\/\/ad.bu.edu\/bumcfiles`.<\/p>\n- \n
- The protocol: smb:\/\/<\/li>\n
- The servername: ad.bu.edu<\/li>\n
- The share name: bumcfiles
\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n - Enter your credentials for the share.
\nFor BU services, this will be your BU username and password with \u201cAD\u201d as the domain.
\n<\/li>\n - Navigate the file manager to find your files on the remote share.
\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n- <\/ol>\n
- Connect to a remote share\n
scc1$<\/span> smbclient<\/span> \\\\\\\\ad.bu.edu\\\\bumcfiles -W ad.bu.edu -U username<\/span>\r\nEnter AD.BU.EDU\\username<\/span>\u2019s password:\r\nTry \"help\" to get a list of possible commands.<\/span>\r\nsmb: \\><\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n- Navigate the share
\nUse thesmbclient<\/span><\/code> subcommandsls<\/span><\/code> andcd<\/span><\/code> to navigate the remote filesystem. Here we navigate to the SPH Environmental Health share and findmyfile.txt<\/code>. If the directory that you want to use has spaces, then the path should be put in quotes.<\/p>\nsmb: \\><\/span> cd<\/span> SPH\\EH\\\r\nsmb: \\SPH\\EH\\><\/span> ls<\/span>\r\n. D 0 Mon Feb 14 09:35:09 2022\r\n.. D 0 Mon May 17 15:36:02 2021\r\nmyfile.txt F 1 Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n- Transfer data
\nUse thesmbclient<\/span><\/code> subcommandsget<\/span><\/code> andput<\/span><\/code> to transfer data to and from the SCC. The perspective for these sub-commands is from the SCC: aget<\/span><\/code> copies the specified file from the remote share to the SCC directory andput<\/span><\/code> will copy files from the SCC to the remote share. To transfer multiple files you can use themget<\/span><\/code> andmput<\/span><\/code> commands.<\/p>\nsmb: \\><\/span> get<\/span> \"\\SPH\\EH\\myfile.txt\" \"\/projectnb\/mySCCproject\/myfile.txt\"\r\ngetting file \\SPH\\EH\\myfile.txt of size 18944 as \/projectnb\/mySCCproject\/myfile.txt<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n- Close the connection
\nUse theexit<\/span><\/code> command orCtrl-D<\/code> to close the connection. You will see the standard SCC prompt once the program exits.<\/p>\nsmb: \\><\/span> exit<\/span>\r\nscc1$<\/span> <\/code><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
Network File System (\u201cNFS\u201d) Shares<\/span><\/h2>\n
Network File System (“NFS”)<\/span> shares on the BU network can be accessed from the SCC using the automounter. The automounter utility is used to mount appropriately configured NFS shares<\/a> from remote systems to the
\/net\/<\/code> directory on the SCC so that data can be transferred to and from the SCC. This utility is always available on the SCC and a researcher need only navigate to the mount point to access the data. At BU, common NFS shares include IS&T Network File Storage<\/a>, the ENGNAS<\/a>\u00a0and lab workstations.<\/span><\/p>\nUsing the Automounter to connect to NFS shares<\/h3>
\nA researcher with access to a data share onmyremotesystem<\/span><\/code> could do the following. In this example,myremotesystem<\/span><\/code> is the hostname or IP address of the remote file server. This directory will not appear in the\/net<\/code> directory until it is accessed (e.g by using thecd<\/span><\/code> orls<\/span><\/code> command) and the automounter mounts the share.<\/p>\nscc1$<\/span> ls<\/span> \/net\/myremotesystem<\/span> <\/code><\/pre>\nData stored on the IS&T Network File Storage service with NFS enabled can be accessed as follows. Note that not all IS&T Network File Storage shares are NFS enabled and you may need to use the SMB instructions in the section above.<\/p>\n
scc1$<\/span> ls<\/span> \/net\/nas1.bu.edu\/proj\/PROJECT_GROUP_NAME<\/span> <\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>
Using the BU Engineering Share (ENGNAS)<\/h3>
<\/p>\nThe College of Engineering Information Technology department provides a network file storage system called ENGNAS<\/a> to engineering research labs, courses, projects, student groups, and administrative units. The ENGNAS is accessible from the SCC via NFS as described in the previous section and is additionally linked to the path
\/ad\/eng\/<\/code> on the SCC for convenience. The\/ad\/eng\/<\/code> path mirrors that of ENGNAS on ENG-Grid and on ENG-IT managed workstations to allow researchers to seamlessly move between computing environments using the same paths for scripts, data, and software. Additional information for the organization of this network share is detailed on the ENG-IT File Storage Knowledgebase<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe ENG-GRID file system is accessible through\u00a0
\/ad\/eng\/<\/code>:<\/p>\nscc1$<\/span> ls -l \/ad\/eng <\/span>\r\nlrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 25 Jun 10 2019 bin -> \/net\/engnas\/eng_linux\/bin<\/span>\r\nlrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 19 Jan 12 2020 courses -> \/net\/engnas\/Courses<\/span>\r\nlrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 25 Jun 10 2019 etc -> \/net\/engnas\/eng_linux\/etc<\/span>\r\nlrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 25 Jun 10 2019 lib -> \/net\/engnas\/eng_linux\/lib<\/span>\r\nlrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 25 Jun 10 2019 opt -> \/net\/engnas\/eng_linux\/opt<\/span>\r\nlrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 25 Jun 10 2019 pkg -> \/net\/engnas\/eng_linux\/pkg<\/span>\r\nlrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 27 Jun 10 2019 pkg.7 -> \/net\/engnas\/eng_linux\/pkg.7<\/span>\r\nlrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 20 Jan 12 2020 projects -> \/net\/engnas\/Projects<\/span>\r\nlrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 20 Jan 12 2020 research -> \/net\/engnas\/Research<\/span>\r\nlrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 26 Jun 10 2019 sbin -> \/net\/engnas\/eng_linux\/sbin<\/span>\r\nlrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 17 Jan 12 2020 users -> \/net\/engnas\/Users<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
- Navigate the share
- <\/ul>\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
Using
smbclient<\/code> from the Command Line<\/h3><\/p>\nThe
smbclient<\/span><\/code> utility provides directory navigation and file transfer for remote file systems using the SMB\/CIFS protocol. Official documentation forsmbclient<\/span><\/code> can be found on the Samba website<\/a> or directly from the SCC by typingman smbclient<\/span><\/code>.<\/p>\nThe example below demonstrates a connection to the BUMC Y-Drive.<\/p>\n
- \n
- Connect to a remote share\n
- Open the \u201cFile Manager\u201d