All personal directories are stored on a central server called basin. When you log into a machine in one of the Computer Science labs, your files are accessed from this server. You can also access these files from your own computer or another computer on campus. If you have any questions about anything in this guide, please email cshelp@middlebury.edu.
This method only works if you are on campus. If you need to access your files from off-campus and don't know how, email cshelp@middlebury.edu.
To access your basin files, open My Computer. In the address bar, type \\basin\<username> with your username filled in. Enter your username and password, and your home directory should be shown. You can then access the files as if they are on your computer.
To map basin as a network drive (like tigercat and classes), right click on My Computer and select Map Network Drive. Choose a drive letter, and type \\basin\username into the location field. Check the Reconnect at login box if you want it to automatically connect every time you start your computer. Click OK, and your basin folder will show up as the assigned drive letter in My Computer.
Go to the finder, and select Connect to Server from the Go menu. Type smb://basin in the Server Address box, and click Connect. When it asks you what shared volume to connect to, keep the default, which should be homes, and click OK. When it asks you, provide your basin username and password. The workgroup does not matter. Click OK, and a new Finder window will open containing your files.
If you have Konqueror, type smb://basin/<username> into the location bar, and enter your username and password when prompted. If you have Nautilus, select Connect to Server from the file menu. Select Windows Share for Service Type, and enter /<username> under share. Click Connect, and enter your username and password when prompted. The domain doesn't matter.
SSH provides command line access to basin. This works from off-campus as well as on-campus. Unless you know something about Linux, this probably won't be useful to you.
The easiest way to connect through SSH is to use PuTTY, which is a free download. Go to the PuTTY download site and select the download link called putty.exe. Download and run putty.exe. Select the SSH option, type basin.cs.middlebury.edu for the host, and click Open. Type in your username and password when prompted, and you are connected.
Open a terminal program such as iTerm and type ssh <username>@basin.cs.middlebury.edu, substituting your username. Type in your password when prompted.
Open a terminal, and type ssh <username>@basin.cs.middlebury.edu, substituting your username. Type in your password when prompted.