Common Network File Shares & Drive Mapping Information

In all cases, if you have not joined the domain and attempt to map a drive, you will be prompted for a login and password. For the user name, type STUDENT\username or ADMIN\username. For the password, enter your STUDENT/ADMIN Password.

All Users

\\toaster.wpi.edu\www_docs

This is the www.wpi.edu web tree area (/www/docs on the UNIX systems). This available for those who maintain web pages in the main web tree.

\\admin.wpi.edu\installpoint

This share contains the software that is available through the Microsoft Campus License Agreement, as well as McAfee VirusScan and related security patches.

\\rivet.wpi.edu\applications (T: drive)

This share contains various network software installations available to users on the network.

Students Only

\\toaster.wpi.edu\username (R: drive)

This maps a drive to your personal UNIX account space. Each user is allowed 750 MB of storage in this area.

Faculty & Staff Only

\\toaster.wpi.edu\username\My_Documents (R: drive)

This maps to the My_Documents folder in your personal UNIX account space. Each user is allowed 750 MB of storage in this area.

\\mcteer.wpi.edu\username (M: drive)

Used to access output from Applications or Banner reports run on McTeer

\\admin.wpi.edu\sys\netapps (O: drive)*

Used to store updates, batch files and client installation files for ADMIN users. Mapped for faculty and staff on login to the ADMIN domain.

\\admin.wpi.edu\fc\departmentname

This maps to a Business Share where departmentname could be the name of a department, workgroup or committee who needs to share files among several users. If you experience difficulty accessing your business share from off-campus, please contact the Helpdesk for assistance.

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Last modified: Jan 30, 2008, 14:46 EST