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1.  Home-Directory connection guides

2.  Connections are only allowed from trusted networks

The trusted networks are:

- your department network (ask your IT-responsible person for your department to register your pc/mac )

- PP&B Wissenschaftstznetzwerk / PP&B Science Network

- Wifi Eduroam (authenticated with username@fhi-berlin.mpg.de, no @fu-berlin or something)

- VPN Access from home

3.  Connection Guides

3.1  Microsoft Windows 10/11 domain systems (PP&B)

Your home-drive (R:) will be automatically mounted after a successful login.

3.2  Microsoft Windows 10/11 non-domain systems

0.) Connect your pc to a trusted network

1.) On Windows 10/11 computer open a file explorer window.

2.) Right click on "This PC" and select "Map network drive.."

3.) Now configure the network drive like this:

Drive: R

Folder: "\\nap33.rz-berlin.mpg.de\username"

[X] Connect at sign-in

[X] Connect using different credentials

4.) Click Finish to proceed

Example:

5.) Insert your network credentials with the correct domain name FHI

Username: "fhi\username"

Password: "your super save password"

You could save the credentials in the windows credential manager bye selecting "Remember my credentials"

Example:

6.) Click on Ok to try and save

7.) Your home-drive is now mounted under R: in the file explorer

3.3  Self-administered Apple MacOS 14.xx and above

1.) Finder -> Connect to server... (or COMMAND+K )

2.) Insert the server in the empty field and hit Connect

Server: "smb://nap33.rz-berlin.mpg.de"

3.) Insert your credentials like this

Username: "fhi\username"

Password: "your super save password"

Example:

4.) done

If problems occur please try this:

smb://FHI;username@nap(number).rz-berlin.mpg.de

Additional information:

http://ppbwiki.rz-berlin.mpg.de/Main/OsxHints

3.4  Self-administed UNIX or Linux Systems (Ubuntu)

additional/needed installation packages: (Ubuntu 10.x and above) cifs-utils smbclient

To mount your homedirectory from a *NIX like system open a terminal an use this command(sytax):

sudo mount -t cifs //nap33.rz-berlin.mpg.de/spok /media/ -o username=spok,domain=fhi,iocharset=utf8,vers=2.0

here is an example: username is kinski,home is on nap33, and the local mountpoint is on the desktop folder called klaus

sudo mount -t cifs //nap33.rz-berlin.mpg.de/kinski /home/kinski/Desktop/klaus -o username=kinski,domain=fhi,iocharset=utf8,vers=2.0

German: http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Samba_Client_cifs English: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MountWindowsSharesPermanently

4.  Still having connection problems

- check your password, and check your settings!

- set your password again on our website, and wait (5minutes )

- are you in the wrong network (141.14.151.x) (10.x.x.x)

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