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SMB/CIFS aka “Windows Filesharing”
Jan 2020: Due to the recent Ransomware attack which affected the School of SEMS, as a precautionary action we have DISABLED access via the SMB/CIFS protocol to group shares on the staff login-server ‘frank’, from the following networks:
- Eduroam (Wifi)
- EECS Self-Managed
- ITS Self-Managed
- VPN
- Out-of-campus (Internet)
Access to group shares on frank is only allowed over the SSH or sFTP protocol on port 22.
NOTE: Staff/PhD and students will need to be connected to OpenVPN to use Windows Filesharing. Please see here for instructions to install and setup OpenVPN access.
Using SMB with Linux
Recent Linux GNOME and KDE client desktops can understand smb:// URIs for drag-and-drop file transfer.
An older method is to use smbclient to transfer files to and from your home directory:
- Research/Staff:
smbclient //frank.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/YOUR-USERNAME -U YOUR-USERNAME - Students:
smbclient //login.student.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/YOUR-USERNAME -U YOUR-USERNAME
Make sure that the following settings are added to the [global] section of your /etc/samba/smb.conf:
client min protocol = SMB3_02 client max protocol = SMB3_11
Since 2017, only samba versions 4.3 and above are supported.
Using SMB with Mac OS X
Use the Finder‘s Go menu, and choose Connect To Server…. Enter one of the following URLs:
- staff:
smb://frank.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/YOUR-USERNAME - students:
smb://bert.student.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/YOUR-USERNAME
NOTE: Only OS X Maverics or above are supported.
Using SMB with Windows
Right-click on My Computer and choose Map Network Drive. You will need to enter a path to the share:
- for staff:
\\frank.eecs.qmul.ac.uk\YOUR-USERNAME - for students:
\\bert.student.eecs.qmul.ac.uk\YOUR-USERNAME
NOTE: Only Windows 8.1 or above are supported.
NB. SMB traffic is restricted to the college networks. If you want to use it outside those networks please connect to the VPN first, or use SFTP.