Locating your group filespace

The user named on the application form for a group filespace is given full access rights to the directory. Subsequent management - allowing other group members access, for example - is left in the hands of this user and any others to whom they give the appropriate access rights. Further information about rights follows - full information is at Managing a MCS Group Filespace

Locating your group filespace

When accessing your DS-Web pages, you can use a number of methods. You can also work on your web pages on another computer and then transfer them to DS-Web.

Note that you can change rights when connected from a Managed Cluster PC but you cannot change rights when connected by sftp.

• Using Windows XP on a Managed Cluster machine;: Click on the Start menu. Click on My Computer then double-click Ux on home (X:), then the groups directory and locate your group's directory.
• Using a Managed Cluster Macintosh: When you log in you will automatically be connected to UX. An icon will appear on the desktop. Select the groups directory and locate your group's directory.
• Using MCS Linux: Double click on the Computer icon. Click on Filesystem > ux > groups. Now locate your group's directory. You could also use a terminal window.
• sftp access is by logging in to sftp.pwf.cam.ac.uk, using your standard Desktop Services username and password. You will be logged into your personal filespace. To get to the group directories, go to /ux/groups/
• ssh access to the Remote Linux service - ssh to crsid@linux.pwf.cam.ac.uk and cd to /ux/groups/<groupid>
• CIFS access (only from within the CUDN) mounts your group filespace on your desktop. The web pages about using CIFs give instructions, depending on the operating system of your computer, but note that you need to connect to the CIFs URL to access group filespace.
• Use the NetStorage web interface at https://web.ds.cam.ac.uk/netstorage. This enables you to list your DS files, transfer them between DS-Filestore and your local machine, delete, rename, or move them. You can also modify access rights via this interface. You can display but not edit the contents of some types of file (depending on the capabilities and configuration of your web browser). To properly use netstorage, you need to have javascript and pop-ups enabled for the site in your browser. It is available outside the cam domain. When you go to the web interface it will request your user identifier and Desktop Services password, and then display a window containing two icons: DriveX@UX contains group and society filespaces.
  To view or modify access rights for a file or directory, right-click on the file or directory and select Properties, then click the NetWare Rights tab to view or modify rights.