Accessing your files over Samba will only work on the secure eduroam wireless network and the wired network. It will not work on the UniOfCam network, and nor will it work from outside the site even if you are using eduroam.
Technical details of the security restrictions
Accessing your home directory via samba requires a departmental Windows account. If you need a windows account or cannot remember your Windows password please contact the departmental computing helpdesk.
To view your DAMTP home directory via a laptop running MacOSX. In the Finder select the "Go" menu -> "Connect to Server...", then in the Server Address field you can use smb:
smb://samba.maths.cam.ac.uk/username
There will be a login dialog asking for the Workgroup or Domain, Name and password. For our current setup the Domain should not matter. Enter your Departmental Windows username and password.
An icon will appear on your desktop - a globe with your username underneath. Double clicking on this opens a window with your Maths home directory files and directories inside.
To see your home directory via a terminal/shell window:
cd /Volumes/loginname
Decide where you want to mount the directory, in this example /mnt/home. If this directory does not exist then create it (as the superuser)
mkdir /mnt/home
Set the variable U to your username and copy the line starting with smbmount. Say the user is spq201 then
U=spq201
smbmount //samba.maths.cam.ac.uk/$U /mnt/home -o username=$U
You will be prompted for a password - the password you must give is your Maths windows password, as you are using the Maths Samba server.
Your home directory is now mounted at /mnt/home. So that cd
/mnt/home will show your Maths home directory.
In a command window type:
net use N: \\samba.maths.cam.ac.uk\username /user:mathsdom\username
You will need to supply your Maths Windows password.
Unlike departmental windows computers you need to provide your windows username and password because your computer is not part of the Maths Windows domain, and you do not authenticate to the domain when you log on. If you are logged on to a domain member computer on the main network your credentials are passed automatically when you access the share.
You can copy your files over ssh using a free graphical program such as winscp (Windows), cyberduck (MacOSX), or nautilus (Linux). Or you can use command-line tools such as sftp, scp or rsync. See the manual pages for details. Because these programs work over ssh, they can be used from any Internet-connected computer in the world, not just on the laptop network.
You can ssh/putty into a Maths computer from your laptop as you would from any other networked machine, or use Winex to run a graphical Linux session under Windows.