Getting Started

Welcome to UMdrive! This document is designed to give you a brief overview of the various features available within this versatile software product.

UMdrive provides you with personal, Internet-accessible disk space that you can use privately or share with other people. Use UMdrive to:

• store files that you need to access both at home and at the University,
• share files with colleagues or fellow students at the University or at other institutions,
• publish web pages for viewing by the public at large or by a restricted group of people at the University,
• accept assignments from students (or turn in assignments to instructors),
• create ticket based access to files and directories, and
• save files created using TigerLAN computers.

Logging into UMdrive

Use your PostOffice username and password to log into UMdrive--if you do not know your PostOffice username or password, contact the ITD HelpDesk at 678-8888. Your UMdrive account is automatically created the first time that you log into the system.

Available space in your UMdrive account

Your UMdrive account has a quota of 250 megabytes!

Accessing UMdrive

You can access UMdrive anytime, anywhere you have an internet connection with simple web access. Other options for those wishing to use advanced features include WebDAV and Windows web folders

Your public folder

When you log into UMdrive, you will notice that you have a folder called public. Public is a special folder that is set up when your account is created, and by default it is shared in such a way that any web visitor, whether off campus or on, can see and read its contents. This feature provides a handy way to share files with others. To access someone's public folder, do the following:

1. Log into Umdrive.
2. Click the Go To icon at the top of the UMdrive window. UMdrive displays a form in the window.
3. In the box labeled Enter Directory Path, enter username/public, where username is the PostOffice username of the person whose public folder you would like to view.

If you receive the message:

That directory does not exist, or you may not read it.

Either the person has not created his or her UMdrive account, or he/she has changed the permissions of or deleted his or her public folder.

Off-campus visitors--people who do not have a PostOffice account--can access a public folder by entering the following URL in a web browser:

http://umdrive.memphis.edu/username/public

Where username is the PostOffice username of the owner of the public folder.

Getting help

You can receive additional help using UMdrive by:

• contacting the ITD HelpDesk at 678-8888,
• visiting AskTOM, the University's online question and answer system, or
• visiting the Xythos help pages.