Apple questions

I can't login

All students enrolled in CSSE are entitled to a Mac Account. The username and password are the one and the same with your linux account. Your account is automatically locked after successive failures which may need to be unlocked by the System Administrator.

How can I access my Mac files from outside?

Please see the Accessing systems externally page.

How can I access my Mac files from Windows within the CSSE School?

You access your mac files via Windows by using Samba Share on applemac.csse.uwa.edu.au

To access the Samba Share on applemac.csse.uwa.edu.au

On the Windows Toolbar hit Start->run

and type

\\applemac.csse.uwa.edu.au

Which should list your files from your apple home area.

How can I access my Mac files from Linux within the CSSE School?

You can access your files via sftp via one of the general purpose servers. With a recent destributions of Linux and Unix comes prebundled with the sftp command.

You have to sftp to one of the general purpose servers, The machines which you need to connect is the same with  Accessing systems externally web page.

How can I access my Windows files from Mac within the CSSE School?

You can access your Windows Files via the Mac by using Apple Finder.

Run Apple Finder, and on the toolbar click

Go -> Connect to Server

and type in

smb://tofu.csse.uwa.edu.au

Which should prompt for

Domain:UWA-CSSE

Name: (Your Windows Username)

Passowrd: (Your Windows Password)

Which should allow you to connect to your home area.

How can I access my Linux files from Mac within the CSSE School?

There are basically two ways, the first way is by using Applefinder

Run Apple Finder, and on the toolbar click

Go -> Connect to Server

and type in

smb://servername.csse.uwa.edu.au

The servname depends on what type of user you are, please use Table 1 and substitue the appropriate servername in regards to the type of user you are.

Server name	To be used by
uggp.csse.uwa.edu.au	Undergraduate students
honoursgp.csse.uwa.edu.au	Honours students
externgp.csse.uwa.edu.au	External users
resgp.csse.uwa.edu.au	Research/Postgraduate users
staffgp.csse.uwa.edu.au	Staff users

Table 1 - Servers and type of users

Which should prompt for

Domain:UWA-CSSE

Name: (Your Windows Username)

Password: (Your Windows Password)

Which should allow you to connect to your linux home area via Samba by using Apple Finder tool.

The second way to access your linux home area is via sftp which is built into most Linux/Unix distributions including Mac OSX. The machines which you can sftp is determined by the type of user you are which is the same machines in Table 1.

You just have to naviage between the two home areas ie for undergraduates its /home/ugXX/username for linux and /home.mac/ugXX/username for the mac.