duke#

This server includes a variety of data: raw MRI and histology data, project data (processed and non-processed), temporary data to share with colleagues.

{smb,afp}://duke.neuro.polymtl.ca has a max size of ~15TB and is backed up nightly at two different locations.

The shared folders are:

  • histology –> Raw histology files

  • mri –> Raw MRI files (restricted access)

  • projects –> Shared project files (subfolders containing different projects)

  • public –> Contains useful software binaries

  • sct_testing –> Data for testing SCT

  • temp –> Use for temporary files, to share between you. Files are deleted after 15 days.

Warning

Please do not run processing scripts or git annex inside duke. (It is fine if your input data is in duke, but not the script and not the output.)

This is because, inside duke, every file has permissions -rw-r--r-- and every directory has permissions drwxr-xr-x (even if you try to change them with chmod), so scripts will not be executable (including the git hooks used by git-annex).

Note

duke is not accessible when using SSH key login to linux stations.

Access from stations#

When connecting with ssh, duke is available at /mnt/duke/, e.g.:

u932945@joplin:~$ ls -l /mnt/duke
total 36
drwxr-xr-x 2 u108545 domain users  4096 May 13 14:37 histology
drwxr-xr-x 2 u108545 domain users 12288 Jun  7 17:35 mri
drwxr-xr-x 2 u108545 domain users  8192 Jun  8 23:21 projects
drwxr-xr-x 2 u108545 domain users  4096 Mar 11 18:38 public
drwxr-xr-x 2 u108545 domain users  4096 Feb 18 20:45 sct_testing
drwxr-xr-x 2 u108545 domain users  4096 Jun  8 16:44 temp

Mount with GUI#

When working on campus or over the VPN, you can connect your computer to duke:

  1. Open Finder

  2. CMD+K

  3. Enter afp://duke.neuro.polymtl.ca/

    Screenshot of Connect to Server dialog

  4. Enter your GRAMES username and password

    Note

    Your user name is your personal number example: p000000 or u000000 Your password is the one you use for SSH connections

    Screenshot of password dialog

  5. Pick the top-level folder to access

    Screenshot of volume selector dialog

  6. Finder should open with the chosen folder

    Screenshot of Finder with mounted volume

  1. Open File Browser

  2. Menu > Go > Open Network Location

  3. smb://duke.neuro.polymtl.ca/

  1. Open Windows explorer

  2. Right click This PC

  3. Map Network Drive

  4. Address: \\duke.neuro.polymtl.ca\<FOLDER>

  5. Check “Connect using different credentials”.

  6. Username: grames\<POLYGRAMES_USERNAME>

  7. Password: <POLYGRAMES_PASSWORD>.

Note

Some root folders are restricted (e.g. mri), so you need to write the URL to the destination folder you have access to. Example: duke.neuro.polymtl.ca/mri/unf

Note

If you get the message “There are no shares available…”, then there might be a bug with the OS. Instead, try to mount on a local folder within the home directory (to have write permission).

Mount with Terminal#

You can also connect your computer from the CLI, or with a script, which might be more efficient in the long run:

Create folder for the mount point on a location (your home directory) where you have read and write access:

mkdir <FOLDER_NAME> # (e.g. <FOLDER_NAME>=sct_testing)
# To mount:
mount -t afp afp://USERNAME:PASSWORD@duke.neuro.polymtl.ca/<FOLDER_NAME> <FOLDER_NAME>
# To unmount:
sudo umount <FOLDER_NAME>/

To mount:

sudo mount -t cifs //duke.neuro.polymtl.ca/<FOLDER_NAME> /mnt/duke/<FOLDER_NAME> -o username=<GRAMES_USERNAME>,noexec