====== HowTo Access your Homedir ======

Every user of the **IPG** network have a personal space stored on our central [[filer:details|file server]]. This space is completely at his/hers disposition and [[filer:everyfile|every kind of files]] can be recorded inside. **Maintaining all the personal files in this server means that your files are under hourly backup operation** and that you can access it from every workstation automatically and even from personal laptops with different Operating systems, as Os X or Windows.


===== Access personal files from Linux =====
Automatically, when you login on one of the workstation, the system connect to your homedir maintained in the central file server and you can access all your files.


===== Access personal files from Os X =====
Users of Os X Operating System can connect to his/hers homedir using the **smb** connection protocol. Just  use the Command-K key combination on Finder and enter the string **smb:iscsrv30.epfl.ch** in the address bar, then clock on Connect. If the initial connection is successful, the system will ask for your Gaspar login credentials. After inserting these, you can select the directory to mount (your homedir is your login name, web is the web space disc, scratch is the temporary disk space). Once mounted you can access your files directly from the Os X applications.