Computer Science SAMBA Servers

Non-Computer Science students and staff should consult with MFCF for the appropriate Math SAMBA servers.

Printer and File Services for Wireless and Stand-Alone Windows PCs

If you have a laptop PC on our wireless network or a stand-alone (non-domain) Windows PC in your office, you can obtain access to our networked printer and file services by utilizing one of our SAMBA (SMB) servers. First, you must have a pre-existing UNIX account, whose password has been set, in the corresponding Computer Science region in order to use these SAMBA servers. CSCF manages four such SAMBA servers for our two user regions.

Computer Science Core (Administration, Research and Graduate Student) Region

Computer Science Teaching (Undergraduate Student) Region

These names are actually aliases to specific UNIX hosts managed by CSCF. We recommend that the alias names be used as a SAMBA server can be moved without prior notice.


Setting Your SAMBA (SMB) Password and Authentication

You really should not need to setup your SAMBA password. Your SAMBA password should correspond to the value of your regional (core or teaching) UNIX password. When this password is set or changed, the new value is forwarded to the Windows domain that authenticates your SAMBA server. All the above listed SAMBA servers authenticate through domains which are members of the Active Directory for the School of Computer Science.

You may have to specify only the first eight characters for your SAMBA password. This is due to a bug in UNIX which only examines the first eight characters of a password and treats the remaining characters as irrelevent. If you are using a UNIX password that is more than eight characters in length then only the first eight charaters were forwarded to the Active Directory for the SAMBA server to use.

On a stand-alone (non-domain) PC, you will have to save (encrypt) your SAMBA server (domain) credentials into your local profile using the following Windows command.

net use \\SAMBA_server_name\share_name /savecred

These credentials will be retained for all future sessions.


Create the Desired Print Queue(s)

NOTE: With regards to using SAMBA printers, if your local PC logon username and password don't match those you require to access the SAMBA server, then you may need to encrypt your SAMBA server credentials into your local profile. This is especially true if the SAMBA printers on your PC were established under a different account than the one with which you are using to print. The procedure is the same one described above. For example, enter a Windows command similar to the following:

net use \\smb-printers.student.cs\ljp_3016 /savecred

A prompt to authenticate to the SAMBA server appears:

Before you begin installation of a SAMBA print queue:

Find the print queue on the SAMBA server: NOTE: For most drivers, duplex printing is not enabled by default. You will have to manually enable duplex in the printer's Properties. Usually, duplex is part of the list of Advanced properties for a printer.


Access Your Personal Networked Disk Space

Before you begin: Find your disk space share on the SAMBA server:


Other SAMBA Servers Managed by CSCF

The following SAMBA servers provide legacy services for users and systems that are not fully moved into SCS's Active Directory environment. These systems are not intended for general usage and may be shut down without notice.

Computer Science Administration, Research and Graduate (Core) Region

Computer Science Student (Teaching) Region


This page was last updated on Monday, the 20th day of February in the year 2006 AD.