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CAS Information Technology Services provides several methods for CAS faculty and staff to access data resources. CAS-managed computers automatically map drives while on campus, but users who manage their own OS or are off-campus will have to use one of the methods below to access the servers. The documents listed below explain how to establish a connection using various operating systems from on and off campus. The three primary network data volumes are:

  • HOME, houses personal directories named after users' EUIDs
  • SHARED, houses departmental shared folders
  • RESEARCH, houses purchased folders for specific groups/projects that need more space than the default space on SHARED
  • AT-Research, houses folders for specific groups/projects that need more space than what is on RESEARCH
  • AT-Shared, which is shared folders for CoI

We provide a web-based graphical file explorer useful for access from off-campus, wireless, or non-CAS-supported devices.

On campus or through the VPN connection you can map the drives directly. When prompted for a username and password, you will have to specify, "UNT\", to successfullly authenticate.

Windows machines can access volumes through the following UNC paths by entering them into Windows Explorer or the "Start/Run" field:

  • \\cas-home.unt.ad.unt.edu\home
  • \\cas-shared.unt.ad.unt.edu\shared
  • \\cas-research.unt.ad.unt.edu\research
  • \\files01.untsystem.edu\at-research
  • \\files01.untsystem.edu\at-shared

Mac users have to "Connect to Server" in Finder using the following paths:

  • smb://cas-home.unt.ad.unt.edu/home
  • smb://cas-shared.unt.ad.unt.edu/shared
  • smb://cas-research.unt.ad.unt.edu/research
  • smb://files01.untsystem.edu/at-research
  • smb://files01.untsystem.edu/at-shared