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Please reference https://rcdsdocs.it.northwestern.edu for the new technical documentation related to the Research Computing and Data Services. In December of 2025, the Knowledge Base content on this page will be removed and replaced with a link to the new documentation platform. Until that time, this Knowledge Base article will no longer be updated, and the latest information can be found on the new documentation platform page . If you have any questions, please reach out to rdss-help@northwestern.edu for assistance.
This article describes how to disconnect from your RDSS share. See operating specific instructions below.
MacOSX
- Open a Finder window
- Locate your mounted file share on the left side of the window. Depending on where your share is located, it will be called one of the following:
- resfiles.northwestern.edu
- fsmresfiles.northwestern.edu
- resfiles-audit.northwestern.edu
- Click the eject button to the right of the mounted drive.
Windows
- Open the File Explorer
- Locate your mounted network drive in the navigation pane on the left side of the File Explorer window. The mounted drive will have a drive letter assigned to it (R:, Z:, etc.) and it will be called one of the following:
- SHARE_NAME (\\resfiles.northwestern.edu)
- SHARE_NAME (\\fsmresfiles.northwestern.edu)
- SHARE_NAME (\\resfiles-audit.northwestern.edu)
- To unmount the drive, use the right mouse button on the mounted drive to bring up the contextual menu and select Disconnect
Linux
Requirements
You must have root level access to your machine.
- Login as root to your linux machine
- From the command line, use the mount command to output a list of your mounted drives. Depending on where your share is located, it will be called one of the following:
- <netid>@resfiles.northwestern.edu on /mountpoint
- <netid>@ fsmresfiles.northwestern.edu on /mountpoint
- <netid>@ resfiles-audit.northwestern.edu on /mountpoint
Where <NetID> is your Northwestern NetID and mountpoint is the mountpoint you created when you mapped the network drive.
3. To unmount, type umount /mountpoint, replacing /mountpoint with the local directory that your share is mounted to.
Need Help?
Email rdss-help@northwestern.edu if you have questions or need help using RDSS.
Also see our Research Data Management Guide for links to all of our help articles.
Research Data Management Support at Northwestern University
Research computing data services partners with the Office for Research, University Libraries and Galter Health Sciences Library to provide research data management support throughout the research process. Please see the Research Data Management and Sharing page for more information.