Connecting to the Novell Servers from a Macintosh
Using MacOS X:
Options for connection to the servers from OS X:
- Manually connect and/or create aliases for the servers by hand. Instructions for doing so are below.
- Download a set of pre-made aliases (shortcuts) and keep them on your desktop for easy access.
Manually connecting to the servers:
- In the Finder, click the 'Go' menu and select 'Connect to
Server. . .'
- In the text field that says 'Address,' type in the server
name:
- For student home directories, enter 'stuhome.stolaf.edu'
- For faculty and staff home directories, enter 'fshome.stolaf.edu'
- For class folders, enter 'classes.stolaf.edu'
- For shared folders, enter 'shared.stolaf.edu'
- For apps and installers, enter 'prime.stolaf.edu'
- Click 'Connect'.
- Type in your username and password and click 'Connect'
- Select the volume you wish to mount and click 'OK'.
- The server volume will appear on your desktop.
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For easy access in the future, you can create an alias for the server volume. Click once on the volume icon and select File -> Make Alias.
You will have an alias on your desktop that you can use to connect.
To connect to the server in the future, double-click on the alias icon. When prompted, enter for your username and password and click OK. The server volume will mount on your desktop.
