Shared File Space

A centrally managed, shared file system for both personal and institutional use, IFS (Institutional File Space) at Notre Dame consists of two major components: NetFile which primarily supports the Windows and Mac community and AFS (Andrew File System) which primarily supports the Unix community.

The University provides every student, faculty, and staff member with their own personal IFS space which is automatically backed-up nightly by the OIT. IFS provides reliable, convenient, and secure access to files, and is most useful when you need to store files in a space that you can access from multiple locations or if you need to share files with others. Currently, the University Courseware system is also stored in IFS.

Connect to Shared File Space

• WebFile (Fast, Easy, Secure, & Versatile!) -- provides access to NetFile, AFS, and Courseware all in a convenient Web interface.
  • Instructions on how to use WebFile (pdf format)
  • Using WebFile to Publish Web Sites in Dreamweaver
  • Using WebFile to Publish Web Sites in Contribute

NetFile

• Migrate from AFS to NetFile
• Map a Direct Drive on Windows 2000 & XP to NetFile (On-Campus Use Only)
• Map a Drive to Someone Else's NetFile Space On Windows 2000 & XP (On-Campus Use Only)
• Map a Volume on Mac OS X to NetFile to Your Own or Someone Else's Space Using DAVE (On-Campus Use Only)
  • Important Note for Mac OS X Users: The OIT does not support mapping a volume to NetFile using the internal Mac OS X clients older than Leopard. Upgrades and maintenance to NetFile may break the ability for users to natively map a volume to NetFile, and OIT strongly recommends using the DAVE client for the most reliable service.
• Map a Volume on Mac OS X to Netfile (Leopard Only)
• Quotas
• Backups & Restores
• Access Rights

AFS (a.k.a. NDAccess, H: & I: Drives, etc.)

• Map a Direct Drive on Windows 2000 & XP to AFS
  • To map a drive to AFS on Windows, you'll need to download the OpenAFS client for Windows HERE.
  • You may need to uninstall previous versions of OpenAFS. Please follow uninstall instructions located HERE.
• Quotas
• Backups & Restores
• Access Rights
• AFS Firewall Utility
• Using darrow.cc.nd.edu to work with AFS

Note for Mac OS 9 Users:  At this time, the only methods to connect to AFS for Mac OS 9 is to use WebFile or to use a secure FTP client, such as Fetch. 

Using Shared File Space to Publish a Web Site

• Setup your Preferred Web Site location in NetFile or AFS
• Using WebFile to Publish Web Sites in Dreamweaver
• Using WebFile to Publish Web Sites in Contribute
• How do I restrict a web site to Notre Dame users only?
• My web site keeps asking users for a username and password.  How do I remove that?
• How do I use the Notre Dame Forms Service to setup a survey, guestbook, or other data collection on the web?

You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to read the PDF files linked from this page.