Home folder (M drive)

Before you start

• This manual is written for Workstations with Windows.
• This manual uses a consistent style of writing: references to text and buttons on screens are printed in italics, information that you have to enter yourself is printed in bold.  

Central hard disks

From the data saved on the hard disk of your Workstation no back up will be made. When you have trouble with you Workstation the hard disk could be erased. This is why it’s necessary that you save your data on the central hard disks. On an UT Workstation three central hard disks are configured by default:

• M: My documents/Home directory
• P: Project and organisation documents
• U: UT offer of documents (e.g. corporate design and software)

Home directory (M:)

This directory is meant for saving your own work documents. These documents are your own and can’t be shared with others. If you work for different organizations or you moved from one organization to another, then this home directory will remain the same.

The home directory: \\AD.utwente.nl\HOME\ will be linked to M: by default.

This disk space is limited to 10 GB. Before you reach this limit you will receive a warning by e-mail.

Project and organisation directory (P:)

This directory is meant for offering project data and organization data, as well as sharing data with others. In this directory you can only access the directories from the organization, associations, projects or groups you are in.

The project directory: \\AD.utwente.nl\ORG wil be linked to P: by default.

UT directory (U:)

The UT offers all kinds of documents concerning the entire UT. For example the UT corporate design documents with template information.

The UT directory: \\AD.utwente.nl\UT will be linked to U: by default

Manual configuration of directories

If the data hard disks (M, P, and/or U) are not available in the folder Computer, you can add this manually.

Step 1: File explorer (Windows)

• Click File Explorer in taskbar
• Rightclick This PC
• Select Map network drive…

Step 2: What network folder would you like to map?

• Select Drive M:
• Type \\ad.utwente.nl\home\<name>
• Check Reconnect at sign-in
• Check Connecting using different credentials
• Click Finish

Step 3: Enter Network Credentials

• Type (UT) e-mail address  
• Type your Password
• Check Remember my credentials.
• Click OK

Open Self Service application

Browse to Shares and connect Webdrive or Shares.

• Webdrive; Establish a connection to all drives (Home, Org, Projects, UT) through web.
• Shares; If you are working outside the UT, for example at home, you need a VPN connection to connect to one of the shares (Home, Org, Projects).

Select Connect to make a connection to one of the shares or webdrive.

Login with your UT account (email address and password) and check the box Remember this password in my keychain.

All drives; Home (personal), Org (Department), Projects, Shares and UT are shown.

Before you get started

• The manual is written for Mac OS X 10.9.
• This manual uses a consistent style of writing: references to text and buttons on screens are printed in italics, information that you have to enter yourself is printed in bold.
• Make sure you are connected to Campunet via eduroam, campusnet or VPN.

Central hard disks & Backups

PLEASE NOTE: From the data saved on the hard disk of your Workstation no back up will be made. When you have trouble with you Workstation the hard disk could be erased. This is why it’s necessary that you save your data on the central hard disks. On an UT Workstation three central hard disks are configured by default:

• M: Home directory for personal files
• P: Project- and organisation documents
• U: UT documents (i.e. corporate identity and software)

More information can be found in the service descriptions under Services.

CONNECT TO THE M, P, AND U DRIVE FOR EMPLOYEES

Step 1 New server connection

• In Finder, Click Go.
• Click Connect to Server…

Step 2 Personal details

M drive

• Under Server Address: enter smb://ad.utwente.nl/home/.
• Click the + sign.
• Click Connect.

P drive

• Under Server Address: enter smb://ad.utwente.nl/org
• Click the + sign.
• Click Connect.

U drive

• Under Server Address: enter smb://ad.utwente.nl/ut
• Click the + sign.
• Click Connect.

Step 3 Connect

• Select Registered User.
• Under Name: fill in domain account (e.g. GoghV; you can check the logon name here > view account > Username).
• Under Password: enter the corresponding password.
• If you wish, you can select Remember this password in my keychain.
• Click Connect.

WebDAV through file explorer

Step 1: Add network drive

• Click This PC (File Explorer).
• Click Map network drive (for Windows 11, click the 3 dots).
• Click Map network drive again.

Step 2: Server address

• At Drive, select a capital for a server that is free (e.g. W:).
• At Folder, enter https://webdrive.utwente.nl.
• Select Reconnect at logon.
• Select Connect using different credentials.
• Click Finish.

Step 3: Login

• Enter your UT email address and password.
• Select Remember my credentials and click OK.

Step 4: Explanation

• The W: drive you created is protected by a secure protocol called SSL.

SSL is used on millions of websites for securing the internet connection, like online sales, financial transactions and personal (private) information. All sensitive information will stay secure during transport and is not readable by other people.

• No UT VPN connection necessary.
• Aspnet_client folder has no content
• Home folder = M-Drive.
• Org folder = P-Drive
• UT folder = U-Drive

BE CAREFUL: The data file size is limited at 50 MB max.

Step 5: Troubleshooting

Could not reconnect all network drives. (This problem always occurs after restarting the PC.)

• In File Explorer. This PC.
• DoubleClick on the red crossed marked W: drive. This will take some time.
• When an error occurs just DoubleClick the W: drive again till the login box pops up.
• Check your login credentials and click OK.

This is a Microsoft Windows network drive issue.

This manual has been written for Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). It is possible that the images for other versions of Mac OS X are slightly different, but the steps are nearly identical.

WebDAV connection via finder

Step 1: Connect to server

• Click Finder on the menu.
• Click Go.
• Click Connect to Server…

Step 2: Server address

• Under Server Address, enter https://webdrive.utwente.nl.
• Click the + icon.
• Click Connect.

Step 3: Login

• Select behind Connect as the option Registered User.
• In the field after Name, enter UT email address.
• In the field after Password, enter the appropriate password.
• Select Remember this password.
• Click Connect.

This manual has been written for mobile devices with Android.

WebDAV-Access on your Android

Step 1: Install WebDAV Nav Lite 

• Open Playstore.
• Install WebDAV Nav Lite.

Step 2: Login

• Open WebDAV Nav Lite.
• Push the menu button on your phone.
• Click Add server.
• Below Name enter Universiteit Twente.
• Below Server URL enter https://webdrive.utwente.nl in.
• Below Username enter your (UT) e-mail address.
• Below Password enter the appropriatie password.
• Push the menu button on your phone.
• Click Save.

This manual has been written for Ubuntu, in other Linux distributions the steps are nearly identical.

WebDrive on Linux

Step 1: Install davfs2

• Open a "terminal" programme
• $ sudo apt-get install davfs2  (creates /usr/sbin/mount.davfs)
• Answer ‘yes’ when asked to allow normal users to mount webdrive

Step 2: Only if you answered 'No' in step 1

• $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure davfs2
• Answer "yes/ja" on the posed question

Step 3: Create a directory that the mount is directed to

• $ sudo mkdir /media/webdrive

Step 4: Add to /etc/fstab

• https://webdrive.utwente.nl    /media/webdrive    davfs    noauto,user,uid=username,gid=groupname 0 0
• You can find uid & gid using
• $ id

Step 5: Create ~/.davfs2/secrets 

• $ mkdir ~/.davfs2
• edit ~/.davfs2/secrets and add:
• /media/webdrive (UT) e-mail address. A plain text password is not allowed.

Step 6: Change authorisation file

• $ chmod 400 ~/.davfs2/secrets

Step 7: Add user to davfs2 group

• $ edit /etc/group and add user to group davfs2

Step 8: Mount the UT WebDrive

• $ mount /media/webdrive

Hereafter, the M: P: and U: drives are accessable via: /media/webdrive

This manual has been written for IOS.

WebDAV Access via Goodreader

Step 1: Add WebDav server

• Open GoodReader on the iPad.
• Click Connect to Servers.
• Click WebDAV Server.

Step 2: Login

• In the field behind Readable Title enter UT.
• In the field behind URL-address enter https://webdrive.utwente.nl in.
• In the field behind User enter the username of your ICT account (e.g. goghv).
• In the field behind Password enter the appropriate password.
• In the field behind Domain enter AD.
• Click Add.

Now it is possible to look to and annotate your documents on your UT WebDrive at your iPad via Goodreader.