Windows file shares (gvfs)

The gio command (which comes with GVfs) can be used to access a.o. Windows file shares.

Connecting

Connect to any of the cluster's login nodes.
Connect to the Windows file share using the following command:
```
gio mount smb://<server>/<share>
```
Then, enter your username, domain, and password when prompted. The default username is likely OK. The domain should be TUE.
```
Password required for share software on campusmp.campus.tue.nl
User [20232655]:
Domain [SAMBA]: TUE
Password:
```
GVfs mounts all shares in $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/gvfs. To see what dir this is, run:
```
echo $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/gvfs
```
List mounted share names using the following command:
```
ls $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/gvfs
```
To get the local path to your share, simply concatenate the dir name and the share name obtained the last two steps, e.g.
```
echo $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/gvfs/'smb-share:server=campusmp.campus.tue.nl,share=software'
```

Note

The mounted Windows file share is only available on the login node that you ran these commands on. It is not automatically available on other login nodes, nor on the compute nodes.

Using

To browse the Windows file share, you can simply cd to the local path that you obtained in the last step above. Moving, copying, and removing files on the Windows file share can be done using standard Linux tools such as mv, cp, and rm.

Disconnecting

Run the following command:
```
gio mount -u smb://<server>/<share>
```

(To get a list of mounted shares, run gio mount -l.)