Email:
The command, alpine, may be used to read your mail.
The mail server is grad.physics.sunysb.edu. Use the POP3 or IMAP with SSL.
Mail certificates for IMAPs, POP3s are (send a mail to system admin for
a password to unlock the files,
Mail Certificate for grad: POP3s
Mail Certificate for grad: IMAPs
For outgoing mail, use the campus mail relay server, mailrelay.sunysb.edu.
To forward your mail to another PC, put a file, .forward, in your home area.
The file should have a line, e.g. remote_account@remote_site.com.
Use the Window Secure Shell Login (ssh, see www.openssh.com) to login to the grad.
Password:
yppasswd or
ssh to grad14 and use yppasswd to change your password.
(e.g. ssh -l username grad14.physics.sunysb.edu)
If you forgot your password, send me a mail and wait for
further instruction. The password cannot be given over
the network.
Printing:
The command is lpr filename_to_print
lpq for the status of the printer queue,
lprm entry# to cancel your job.
scratch area:
You may use a common scratch disk to store your files, use the command,
mkdir /misc/scr/your_name
mkdir /misc/scr7/temp/your_name.
This scratch area is subject to periodic purging (about 4 or more
months) or whenever the disk is full.
zip drive:
An Iomega zip drive is available on Dell PC, you may use a 100 MB
or a 200 MB diskette to store your files. Use the command,
mount /mnt/zip.
quota:
ssh grad14 (login to grad14 to check it)
quota
If your disk quota is exceeded, you may not be able to login as a
x-window client. try a Window PC and do a secure-shell login (ssh).
Next, connect to grad14 using ssh, try
quota
du | less -- disk usage
rm file-name-to-remove
CD-ROM Writer:
Please use GRAD12/Window or Linux/xcdroast to write your CDROM disk.
v0.4 05/16/2006 Kim Ng