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- | ====== First Year Accounts ====== | ||
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- | Students in first year do not get an EECS account. | ||
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- | The //user// account does not have access to printing or e-mail. | ||
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- | ====== Submit ====== | ||
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- | Students with EECS accounts use either command line submit, or web submit to submit assignment submissions. | ||
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- | ====== Home Directory ====== | ||
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- | The home directory for user //user// is local to each machine (/ | ||
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- | ====== Labtest ====== | ||
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- | First year courses use labtest. | ||
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- | * Changed files are **not** synced to / | ||
- | * The " | ||
- | * If users switch machines during labtest, you or your TAs will be unable to transfer their files between machines. | ||
- | * Any power failure during labtest will result in all the home directories being reset after the power failure. | ||
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- | ====== Backups ====== | ||
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- | Each time user //user// logs out, files that the user has changed that are greater than 1 byte and less than or equal to 25 MB are archived into / | ||
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- | If you are a Faculty member, and logged into a workstation that supports //user// login, you can access these backups in the / | ||
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- | After changing into the / | ||
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- | Faculty and lab technicians can also SSH to lab workstations, | ||
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- | ====== Crash Recovery ====== | ||
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- | From time to time, the graphical interface on the machines seems to crash. | ||
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- | - Hit Ctrl-ALT-F2 to switch to a text console. | ||
- | - Login with your EECS account. | ||
- | - Type the command: / | ||
- | - Select option 1 in the menu provided. | ||
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- | ====== When Crash Recovery Fails ====== | ||
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- | When the basic procedure above fails, and a system reboot is necessary, Faculty, lab technicians, | ||
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- | - Reboot the system. | ||
- | - Log back in as user // | ||
- | - Open a terminal window by right-clicking on the desktop, and choosing "Open Terminal" | ||
- | - Login to your personal EECS account:< | ||
- | % su gayan | ||
- | Password: ******* | ||
- | </ | ||
- | - Run the " | ||
- | - Selection option 2 in the menu. The last copy of saved files for the user will be restored right into the users home directory. | ||
- | - Exit your account:< | ||
- | % exit | ||
- | </ | ||
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