Accessing MacOSX Software from a MacOSX Desktop

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  1. Get an SMB account from Matt Harrington (this is different from a regular MSG account)
  2. On your Mac, open a Terminal Window (Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app)
  3. Create a .cshrc file (a file that gets read every time you open a new Terminal window)
    1. vi .cshrc
    2. add the following lines to this file:
      setenv MacOSX /Volumes/osx
      source $MacOSX/Darwin.cshrc
  4. Log into smb://luddite.ucsf.edu/osx from your OSX Mac
    1. From the Finder -> Go -> Connect to Server...
    2. In the address, type smb://luddite.ucsf.edu/osx (this is actually a symbolic link to a folder on luddite called /home/public.Darwin/apps/)
    3. In the pop-up window, type username 'guest' and password 'guest'
    4. Open a new Terminal Window (Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app)
  5. The OSX software directory will show up on your Mac as being in /Volumes/osx, and an icon will be displayed on your desktop for this disk
  6. To find out what software we have for the Mac, check here.

Accessing My Home Directory on /home2 or /home3 from a MacOSX Desktop

  1. Get an SMB account from Matt Harrington (this is different from a regular MSG account)
  2. On your Mac, open a Terminal Window (Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app)
  3. Log into smb://sputnik.ucsf.edu/<username> from your OSX Mac - from the Finder -> Go -> Connect to Server...
  4. Your directory on /home2 or /home3 will show up on your Mac as being in /Volumes/<username> and an icon will be displayed on your desktop for this disk