Mounting departmental shares & CONNECT home folder

If you require access to a CONNECT home drive or to a departmental share remotely, this can be accomplished by using via a VPN connection to the Oxford Network.

There are two elements involved;

• Ensuring that your device can successfully connect to the Oxford VPN
• Manually mounting/Using Self Service to mount the home folder / departmental share whilst remotely connected to the Oxford VPN

Manually mounting Departmental Shares

1. Once you have a stable connection via the VPN

2. Select Go > Connect to Server

3. In the server address type in the full path of the known server share - some examples smb://connect.ox.ac.uk/share afp://servername/share

4. Ensure you select the + symbol so to save the path to the server in the Favourite Servers list so this can be selected in the future.
5. Select Connect - You will then need to enter credentials for that particular server (this could be different to the laptop username and password)

If the mapping is successful and you see the folder contents, press the + symbol to save the entry as a favourite for future use.

NOTE - Depending on the server connection you may have to add the domain suffix prior to the username. Example connect\ouitxxxx

You can select remember this password which will save it to keychain.

Using Self-Service App to mount shares

Firstly launch the Self Service application located in your dock, look for Mount Departmental Shares, select: Mount Shares

Alternatively, copy this link into a browser to open: jamfselfservice://content?entity=policy&id=573&action=view

Resetting your connect password

If you believe you have locked out your connect account and need to reset your password. Please use the connect portal to unlock and reset the password.

https://password.connect.ox.ac.uk/QPMUser