Accessing ResearchDrive from Linstat
ResearchDrive is a University-funded and DoIT-provided data storage system available to all faculty PIs and academic staff with permanent PI status, and their research teams and is accessible from your own computer, Winstat, and Linstat.
To access ResearchDrive from Linstat, run the command rdmount from the command line on any linstat computer. When prompted, provide your NetID password. Your ResearchDrive instance will be available for 10 hours on that computer.
The drive will be mounted at the location /researchdrive/<Your-NetID>.
Accessing your Own
ResearchDrive
Here's an example for the SSCC account bbadger
whose NetID is also bbadger (substitute your NetID where present in bold text):
[bbadger@linstat1]~%
rdmount
Password for bbadger@AD.WISC.EDU:
[bbadger@linstat1]~% cd /researchdrive/bbadger
[bbadger@linstat1]~%
For longer use, you can re-run rdmount any time within the 10-hour access window to extend your access to 10 hours from the last time you ran rdmount on the same linstat host.
The complete usage for rdmount follows:
rdmount [--netid <NetID>] [ResearchDrive-instance]
Accessing Someone Else's ResearchDrive
Example
1:
% rdmount rraccoon
Mount
the ResearchDrive instance for Regdab Raccoon, whose NetID is rraccoon. Dr.
Raccoon has granted bbadger access to their ResearchDrive instance using the UW
Manifest tool. Dr. Raccoon’s folder will be available to bbadger at
/ResearchDrive/rraccoon.
If Your SSCC Username is not the Same as Your NetID
Example
2:
% rdmount –-netid bbadger
Mount the ResearchDrive instance for bbadger at /researchdrive/bbadger. This usage may be needed when the SSCC account name and NetID are different.
Remember, it is a violation of UW policy to share your NetID
and password with any other person.
DoIT has instructions that walk you through how to grant another person access to your ResearchDrive instance. If you need help with Manifest, you will need to contact the DoIT Help Desk for assistance.