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Remote Access

Conveniently access your files on MOGON from your local computer.

Share Host Filesystem Description
home fshpc.zdv.uni-mainz.de NetApp Home directory
project mogon2smb.zdv.uni-mainz.de Lustre Project directories of all groups except those that have a separate share (atals, icecube, na62, tronhpc, jgu-cbdm)

MOGON’s filesystems NetApp and Lustre can be mounted under Windows, Linux, and MacOS. Please follow the instructions for your respective operating system.

Requirements

If you are located outside of the University Campus, you first have to create a VPN connection as explained in this article:

Virtual Private Network (VPN)

Configuring a VPN for network access from outside of campus.

HPC Guest Account Users
In case your MOGON group is not part of JGU, the guest account you were assigned is not a full account and does not permit VPN connection. Therefore, remote access via mounting network shares is not possible.

Accessing Home and Project Directories

  1. Open a Shell
  2. To access your home directory, use the command: 
    gio mount smb://<username>@fshpc.zdv.uni-mainz.de/<username>
    Or, if you want to access the project directory: 
    gio mount smb://<username>@mogon2smb.zdv.uni-mainz.de/project/<project-name>
  3. Next, you will be asked for the domain. Confirm UNI-MAINZ with Enter.
  4. Now, you will be asked to enter the password for your JGU account.

After this you should see the contents of the folder in your file manager, e.g. Dolphin.

Chances are, that some gio versions will show Domain [WORKGROUP]: rather than Domain [UNI-MAINZ.DE]:. In this case try entering UNI-MAINZ manually (without the .DE-string). Check the working of your VPN, first.

Accessing the Share via Shell

You can find the share under the following path:

/run/user/<uid-number>/gvfs/smb-share:server=mogonsmb.zdv.uni-mainz.de,share<username>,user=<username>

Use tab completion once you are in the folder /run/user/. If you are unclear about your <uid-number>, confirm it with:

id <username>

Alternatively, you can open the file manager of your OS, browse to the mounted share, right click on a folder and then choose Open in Terminal.

  1. Press +E to open a File Explorer window.
  2. Find and choose This PC/Dieser PC from the left side of the File Explorer window.
  3. Click on Map network drive/Netzwerklaufwerk verbinden.

You can access the Lustre filesystem in the same way as described above by entering the corresponding address.

\\fshpc.zdv.uni-mainz.de\<username>
\\mogon2smb.zdv.uni-mainz.de\project\<project-name>

For the login information, please enter the user name in the following format:

uni-mainz.de\<username>

  1. Open Finder and press Cmd-K to connect to a remote server.
  2. In the window that appears enter the Host name and click Connect. Displayed above is an example for Lustre. If you want to connect to your home directory, the connection string is: 
    smb://fshpc.zdv.uni-mainz.de/<username>

Last updated on April 27, 2026 from Felix Schlapp
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