How Do I Use /projects?

30-Jan-2007

Introduction

The /projects filesystem is intended for data to be shared among users in a group. Every faculty member has a default group and all users under that faculty member's sponsorship will belong to that group. Additionally, faculty members might have more than one group depending on their needs.

Using /projects

You will only be able to write data into directories corresponding to your group membership. In order to determine which group(s) you belong to, use the id command:


adauser@adahost:~> id
uid=3095(adauser) gid=1002(adagroup) groups=100(users),1002(adagroup)

Once you have determined your group membership, you will be able to find the corresponding projects directory at /projects/adagroup (where adagroup matches your group name). You can create directories in /projects/adagroup as you wish. It is suggested that you create a directory that matches your username (/projects/adagroup/username) but that is not required. Everyone in your group will have read-write access to /projects/adagroup.