Group Manager

Group Manager allows users to create, join and manage groups to facilitate collaboration and data sharing. The Information Sidebar on the right hand side of the Group Manager main window should provide information on how to use the interface.

Typical use scenario

You have a research group with which you wish to share data

• Create a new group with a name and description
• Add members to the group
• Other users can request to join your group
• You can approve or deny those requests
• A share will be automatically created, /shares/<groupname> on CIRCE or \\ustorefiles.usf.edu\shares\<groupname> for mapping directly a network drive from a Windows-based workstation

General Group Manager Usage

Create a new group

1. Go to Groups
2. Click on “Create New Group” at the bottom of the page
3. Fill in the group name and description

Adding Users to your Group

Note: To add a user, that user must be registered with CWA and have their account activated!

1. Go to Groups
2. Click on the name of the group to which you wish to add users
3. Fill in the NetID field with the user’s NetID that you wish to add

Removing Users from your Group

1. Go to Groups
2. Click on the name of the group from which you wish to remove users
3. Click the ‘X’ button with the name of the NetID you wish to remove

Disband your Group

1. Go to Groups
2. Click on the name of the group that you wish to disband
3. Click “Disband”

Accessing Group Data

There are several ways available for accessing your group data share. When you create a group, qualified research groups get up to 1TB of replicated, backed-up storage.

Access via SFTP

1. Point your SFTP client to circe.rc.usf.edu
2. Navigate to the path /shares/<group_name> where <group_name> is the name of your group. Any files or directories created or copied to that location will be accessible by the group.

Access via the Command Line on CIRCE

While logged into CIRCE, simply change to the directory /shares/<group_name> where <group_name> is the name of your group. Any files or directories created or copied to that location will be accessible by the group.

Access via Windows Mapped Network Drive

For Windows 7 and previous,

1. Go to Start and right-click on Computer
2. Select “Map Network Drive”
3. Select a drive letter you will remember
4. Enter \\ustorefiles.usf.edu\shares\<group_name> where <group_name> is the name of your group
5. You should now be able to access your group share via the drive letter you selected