Accepting the data ftom server

Mapping a Network Drive (http://www.gis.usu.edu/~jweeks/mapnetworkdrive.html)

A "Network Drive" is a folder on another computer that is "shared" with other computers.


Quick Instructions:


Find the name of your "Network Drive", this might look something like:
ion.gis.usu.edujweeks
tolkien.geog.usu.edu<your_login> (i.e. tolkien.geog.usu.edugis645042 )
earth1.jql.usu.educub

Open a file manager such as "My Computer" and select "Tools -> Map Network Drive..."
You will see a window similar to the following.
Select any unused Drive Letter under the "Drive:" pull down menu.
Enter the "Network Drive" name in the "Folder:" selection.
Select "Finish"

A file manager window should open with the assigned drive letter open.



Detailed Instructions:
To access the shared folder it is helpful to know two pieces of information:

The name of the computer sharing the drive
We will refer to this computer as <server.cnr.usu.edu>
The computers that share drives most often are:
tolkien.geog.usu.edu
geo.jql.usu.edu
ion.gis.usu.edu
earth1.jql.usu.edu
The name of the shared folder
We will refer to this shared folder as <shared_folder>
Commonly shared folders include:
Your home directory: gis645001, bonnieb, juser,...
A shared folder: classes, data, project1,...
These two pieces of information are combined in the form of

<server.cnr.usu.edu><shared_folder>

This might look like:

ion.gis.usu.edujweeks
tolkien.geog.usu.edugis645042
earth1.jql.usu.educub
geo.jql.usu.educlasses


Open a file manager such as "My Computer" and select "Tools -> Map Network Drive..."
You will see a window similar to the following.
Select any unused Drive Letter under the "Drive:" pull down menu.
Enter the "Network Drive" name in the "Folder:" selection.
You may find that the network drive name is available under the
"Folder:" pull down menu if you have accessed the drive previously.
Select "Finish"
A file manager window should open with the assigned drive letter open.

If you receive an error message you may wish to check the "Troubleshooting" section
at the end of this webpage.

If you are presented with the following username/password screen you may
enter a valid samba login and password to access the shared network drive.
Sometimes a windows domain name will automatically be prepended to your login.

You may also login as a different user by selecting the "Connect using a different user name" hyperlink which will open a similar login window

Troubleshooting


If a file manager does not open you will either receive an error message indicating that



Your computer does not have permission to access the folder
Your login does not have permission to access the folder
"The network path <server.cnr.usu.edu><share> could not be found"
Ensure the <server.cnr.usu.edu> name or <share> name are correct

If you open a browser window and type <server.cnr.usu.edu>
does it load anything or present you with a username/password prompt?

Your network connection is not configured to access shared drives


Ensure that your network connection has "Client for Microsoft Networks" enabled

Start -> Control Panel
Double-Click Network Connections
Select your primary network connection.
Click Properties.
Ensure that Client for Microsoft Networks is selected.

Turn on NetBIOS over TCP/IP
1. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then click Network and Internet Connections.
2. Click Network Connections.
3. Right-click Local Area Connection, and then click Properties.
4. Click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and then click Properties.
5. Click the General tab, and then click Advanced.
6. Click the WINS tab.
7. Under NetBIOS setting, click Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP, and then click OK two times.
8. Click Close to close the Local Area Connection Properties dialog box.
9. Close the Network Connections window.
Start the Workstation and TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper service
1. Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Manage.
2. Double-click Services and Applications.
3. Double-click Services.
4. In the right pane, right-click Workstation, and then click Start.
5.
In the right pane, right-click TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper, and then click Start.
6. Close the Computer Management window.


Windows XP Firewall
Disable your Windows XP firewall temporarily to test if your firewall is preventing you from accessing the shared network drives.
Attempt to map a network drive agian.
Turn your firewall back On!


If you were able to access the shared network drive then narrow down which firewall setting is preventing you from accessing the drives.



Start the Computer Browser service
1. Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Manage.
2. Double-click Services and Applications.
3. Double-click Services.
4. In the right pane, right-click Computer Browser and then click Start.
5. Close the Computer Management window.

Sharing Files from your Windows XP computer

Setting up file sharing
Advanced file sharing
Microsoft''s file sharing instructions


Disable Simple File Sharing
Disabling Simple File Sharing is necessary in order to enable the creation of Access Control Lists for shared disks and folders

Select "Start -> My Computer" then "Tools -> Folder Options" and select the "View" tab.
Scroll to the bottom of the list of "Advanced settings:" and un-check "Use Simple File Sharing (Recommended)".
Select OK

Select "Start -> My Computer" then "Tools -> Folder Options" and select the "View" tab.
Scroll to the bottom of the list of "Advanced settings:" and un-check "Use Simple File Sharing (Recommended)".
Select OK

User is prompted for IPC$ Password

Your current user name doesn''t exist on the XP machine. To fix this, either enable the Guest account, or log in with a user name which has a valid account on the XP machine.
The current user name is valid, but its password doesn''t match the password for that account on the XP machine. To fix this, either:
Change the password on one of the machines to match the other, or;
Enter the XP machine''s password for that user name at the IPC$ prompt.
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Mapping A Network Drive To Access GIS Data

Step 1: 2x Click My Computer on
your Desktop
Step 2: Select Tools (in the Menu
Bar) -> Map Network Drive
Step 3: In the new window, choose
any Drive: letter that is
available*** (it doesn�t have
to be Z) and type in the folder
name xipegisdata

Step 4: Click Finish.
Step 5: Return to�My Computer�and
you should see the folder to the
GIS data mapped as a network
drive

Step 6: In ArcMap, when you Add A
Layer, you might have to use the
�Connect to Folder�Icon to make
ArcMap understand that this is a
folder where you wish to look for
data layers

Caution: When you save an ArcMap Document with data ayers added
from a network drive, the Document retains that drive letter configuration
(for example: z:boundariesritown5k.shp). Thus, when you open the
ArcMap Document again, it will�look�for the layers under that specific drive
letter. If it does not find drive letter z:, nothing will be visible in your display
area and a red exclamation point will be seen. Thus, once you decide on a
drive letter, keep it�reserved�so that you do not have to search for the data
layers next time the Document is opened again. - http://www.brown.edu/Research/Earthlab/how_tos/mapnet.pdf

Mapping GIS file server NINKASI
All files and data are stored in GIS Lab file server Ninkasi. To access the file server Ninkasi, you need to map a network drive in a window environment to Ninkasi.

Mapping Ninkasi server from Terminal Server
Click Start -> My Computer
Click Tools->Map Network drive
In the popped window, choose letter N for the drive letter, set ninkasihome for the Folder (server path).
Make sure the check box beside Reconnect at logon is check.This will result automatic connection when you login to terminal server next time. That means you need only to do this at the first time you login to terminal server.
Click FINISH button. The connection will be established using the same unsername an password as you login to the terminal server.
Once you made the connection, a window will pop up where all user''s home directory on Ninkasi are listed here. (You should be able to find out your home directory on Ninkasi server here). Click X at upper right corner of the window to close it.
Now back to My Computer window, you should see a mapped network drive "home on ''Samba2.2.1a(Ninkasi)(N:) listed in the catalog tree. The drive N is the access point to Ninkasi server.
Mapping Ninkasi from local Windows XP in GIS Lab
Mapping Ninkasi server from local Windows XP is just a bit different from mapping network drive from terminal server.

Click Start -> My Computer
Click Tools-> Map Network drive
In the popped window, choose N for the drive letter, set ninkasihome for the Folder (server path).
Make sure the check box beside Reconnect at logon is checked. That is different from terminal server.
Click Connect using a different user name. A small window popped up, type in your username and password and click OK.
Click FINISH button.

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5. Starting GIS software on the Windows Terminal Server
Two major ArcGIS applications: ArcCatalog and ArcMap

To start ArcCatalog, click
Start -> All Programs -> ArcGIS -> ArcCatalog

To start ArcMap, click
Start -> All Programs -> ArcGIS -> ArcMap

Remember to close all programs and logout from the server once you have done your work.

Click Start -> Logoff from the server window to logoff from the terminal server.


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6. Changing your password from online website
GIS server uses UNBC password database. If you want to change your account information, you need to get online at http://www.userdb.unbc.ca/


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7. Logout
Before logout, please close all programs running on the system.

To logout from terminal server click Start->Logoff
To logout from lab machine simply click System->Quit -> Logout in Ubuntu Linux.
To logout from Window XP click Start -> Logoff
http://www.gis.unbc.ca/help/general_help/startup/index.php

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