Connect to Engram from Linux

Engram can be accessed remotely by using the CUIT Virtual Private Network (VPN) service. (More VPN setup details provided here (Limited access UNI login required))

SMB Share

Ubuntu

If cifs-utils not installed, install them using the following command
sudo apt-get install cifs-utils
Mount the share using the following command
sudo /sbin/mount.cifs --verbose -o vers=2.1,user=UNI,domain=adcu.columbia.edu,uid=UNI,forceuid,gid=user,forcegid,file_mode=0755,dir_mode=0755,rw,noacl //TIERNAME-smb.engram.rc.zi.columbia.edu/LABNAME-TIERNAME
- Replace strings in BOLD with real values, as follows:
  - UNI - your UNI
  - TIERNAME - locker, labshare or staging
  - LABNAME - name of your lab

CentOS

1. Required packages

Make sure that the following packages are installed:

[root@host]# yum install samba-client samba-common cifs-utils

which will also pull in any needed dependencies. Note that cifs-utils is for CentOS-6 (or later) only.

2. Mount the share

Create a local mount point. For example:

[uni1234@host]$ mkdir ~/engram

Mount the engram to the mountpoint using the following command:

sudo /sbin/mount.cifs --verbose -o vers=2.1,user=UNI,domain=adcu.columbia.edu //TIER-smb.engram.rc.zi.columbia.edu/LABNAME-TIER /home/UNI/engram

Replace strings in BOLD with real values, as follows:

UNI - your UNI
TIERNAME - locker, labshare or staging
LABNAME - name of your lab

NFS Share

Modify the following example for your needs and insert into /etc/fstab file

locker-smb.engram.rc.zi.columbia.edu:/MYLAB/MYSHARE /MOUNTPOINT nfs _netdev,nfsvers=3,tcp,rw,hard,intr,timeo=600,retrans=2 0 2