Remote Access

Access your email (back to top)

Access your network files (back to top)

Remote access to your files via the web can be accessed at vpn.unt.edu. Log in using your EUID and password and leave the Group set to General.

Click Continue on the disclosure page. Once logged in you will see a list of menu opens on the left of the page labeled Home, Web Applications, Browse Networks, AnyConnect, Telnet/SSH Servers, VNC Connections and Terminal Servers. Click on Browse Networks.

To the right of the menu you will see an Address bar. Make sure the drop down is set to cifs://. To access your network H: drive enter "cob-home/home/yourhomedirectory" in the Address Bar. Most home directories are in the form of First seven leters of last name + First letter of first name. For you "old-timers", your home directory is the same as your old Novell login name, last name only in most cases. If neither of these formats work for you please contact CoB Support for help. For example, using the first format, a user named John Doe would have a home directory named doej and their Address bar would look as follows

Click the Browse button to the right of the Address bar and you will be prompted for a login using your EUID and password. Once logged on your home directory will be visible.

To upload files from your current computer to your home directory click on the Upload File icon seen below.

Access CoB Applications (via VMware View) (back to top)

Remote access to College of Business applications is provided by our VMware View virtual desktop system. You can connect to different "pools" of virtual machines, based on your needs and entitlements, from any internet connected computer. By default, all CoB faculty and staff are entitled to connect to the Fac-Staff VM Pool and the current Lab Pool (see screen shot below).

When prompted to login, use your UNT EUID credentials:

Respond to the UNT Computer Use policy notice and, when prompted to login, use your UNT EUID credentials:

Note: Make sure you change the Domain to UNT for faculty/staff. For CoB-supported desktops and laptops: A locally installed VMware View client should already be installed.

Following a successful login, the system will download the VMware View client. Follow the onscreen prompts as necessary to complete the installation. Once rebooted, simply double-click the VMware View Client desktop icon:

Respond to the UNT Computer Use policy notice and, when prompted to login, use your UNT EUID credentials:

Make sure you change the Domain to UNT for faculty/staff.

You should then see a selection dialog similar to the following:

Select the appropriate pool for your current needs (you may only see one or two pools, depending on your entitlement).  We suggest you change the Display: to Window so you can more easily get back to your home/local machine.  Click Connect and the View Client will then open in a new window to the virutal machine.

When finished with your session, simply close the View Client window and then Logout of the View Portal.

Please remember that the virtual desktop system is a limited, shared resource and you should only remain connected as long as necessary to accomplish your task.

Disclaimer: Do not use them for time sensitive or last minute projects. Also, the Lab Desktops machines are not persistent. This means anything you store on them will be gone the next time you use a machine. Please use other sources of storage for your files.

How to access files on your Mac from VMware View
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Mac users of VMware View may find that they cannot see their local drives inside of a VMware View session. To enable viewing of local drives follow these steps.

WARNING: This procedure should only be attempted by experienced users who are thoroughly familiar with their Mac.

Option 1:

1. Install the VMware View Client (download here) if you haven't already, by dragging the VMware application icon to the Applications folder.
2. Open the Applications folder on your Mac (or wherever you installed the VMware View Client).
3. Right-click (or Ctrl-Click) on the VMware View Client application and select Show Package Contents from the context menu.
4. Finder will now show you the contents of the application. In this new window open the Contents folder, then open the Resources folder.
5. In the Resources folder, you’ll see a file named vmware-view.rdp. This is the template the View Client uses to generate new RDP connections. By modifying this file, you can modify the behavior of the RDP sessions that View creates.
6. Open the vmware-view.rdp file in a text editor and edit the entry for DriveRedirectionMode, changing its value from 0 to 1.
7. Save the changes, you will most likely be prompted for authentication from your Mac (because you are modifying the contents of an application in the Applications folder).

The next time you start the VMware View client on your Mac your local drives will be available inside VMware View. You will see a security warning at each connect about sharing your Mac drives to potential Windows users. Also note that any USB connected drives need to be connected to your Mac before starting VMware View for them to be visible.

Option 2:

1. Download vmware-view.rdp file from this link
2. Save to desktop
3. Right-click (or Ctrl-Click) on the VMware View Client application and select Show Package Contents from the context menu, finder will now show you the contents of the application. In this new window open the Contents folder, then open the Resources folder.
4. Copy vmware-view.rdp to this folder and overwrite present vmware-view.rdp
5. Restart computer
   

The next time you start the VMware View client on your Mac your local drives will be available inside VMware View. You will see a security warning at each connect about sharing your Mac drives to potential Windows users. Also note that any USB connected drives need to be connected to your Mac before starting VMware View for them to be visible.