Contents
Overview
This guide explains how to download software you ordered from the IT Shop (previously known as IDES or Stud-IDES).
Connecting to your IT Shop network share
- To download your software you need to connect to your personal share from the IT Shop
- It is important to include the "$" at the end of the paths mentioned below!
Access to the IT Shop is only possible from within the ETH network. If you're connecting from the outside you need to open a VPN connection to ETH before continuing.
Windows
Map a network drive to
\\software.ethz.ch\<your_n.ethz-login>$- Enter your n.ethz password when prompted.
Linux
At the time access is available only by command line.
- Make sure you have smbclient installed
Run the following command to connect, you will be prompted for your n.ethz password:
smbclient -W d -U <your_n.ethz-login> -m SMB3 //software.ethz.ch/<your_n.ethz-login>$
If successful, you will get to the following prompt:
smb: \>
Copying data
Windows
As you mapped a share, standard operations with Explorer are possible. Simply select folders to copy, press CTRL+C and paste them into the local folder of your choice.
Linux
smbclient is used with commands similar to ftp. The commands you are most likely to use are:
ls to list directory contents
cd to change directories
get to download a file
quit to leave smbclient
Recursively downloading a folder:
Type recurse, press Enter
Type prompt OFF, press Enter
To copy a folder, type mget <folder_name>, press Enter
Possible problems with wireless-connections
If there are connection-problems to the share over the wireless-lan "ETH", it helps to use the wireless-lan "public" instead. Then login on the landing-page first, then connect to the share with one of the methods described above.