Share Information

Every individual (faculty, staff and students) is automatically granted an EdShare account for their personal use. Each department of the university also has a shared space that is for that department. Department shares are maintained by Cost Center Managers or Deans. If you wish to setup a special directory or "share" for a class or for a cross departmental committee you may do so. These shares may only be created by faculty or staff, but students may be added to the shares.

Special shares have the following characteristics:

• The share name is proceeded by s_
• Any currently enrolled student or employed faculty or staff may be added to a share
• Shares may only be added or maintained by faculty or staff

Accessing Special Shares On Campus by Faculty and Staff
Windows | Macintosh OS X

Windows

All faculty and staff with their own computers, should be able to map a network drive to these shares. If you are logging into your computer with your St. Edward's login name and password all shares will be automatically mapped in My Computer. Use the instructions below only if you are sharing a computer and do not log into it with your login name and password.

1. Go to My Computer.
2. In the address line, enter the full path, \\edshare\sharename, to the share name (for example: \\edshare\s_training) and press Return.
3. If you are not logged into EdShare, you may be prompted to login. Once the share window has opened, click on the Tools menu and select Map Network Drive.
   
4. Accept the default drive letter. Enter the full path, \\edshare\s_sharename. Check the box next to Reconnect at Login. Click on Finish. This drive will automatically be setup every time you login to your computer.
   
5. When you next login to your computer, you can access your shared drive by going to My Computer and double-clicking on the shared drive icon.

Mac OS X

1. From the Finder, click on Go then Connect To Server.
2. In the Address box, enter smb://edshare.stedwards.edu/sharename, then click on Connect.
   * Sharename should be the folder you want to access on EdShare.
   
   
   *Tip: Use the Choose a Recent Server drop down menu to access recent connections if you have already accessed EdShare from your computer.
   You may also create a Favorite by clicking on Add to Favorites button once you have entered your connection Address.
   
3. Enter your login name and password (the Workgroup/Domain should be STEDS), then click OK.
4. To access the files in your share click on the share icon on your desktop.