The Office of Information Technology has created Unix access for your course as follows: Course: CMSC 724 System: OIT Unix Cluster Login Ids: sc72401 - sc72425 Initial Passwords: (see list at the end of this MAIL) Deletion Date: 05/26/2004 Disk Quota Per Account: 50 megabytes Default Unix Group: cs72404 The OIT Unix cluster systems (details below) share a common file system, common news and mail systems, and common users. This means users can login to whichever of the systems they want and their same login id and password will work and their files will be available. This also means users can do their own "load balancing" by logging in to whichever system seems to be best for them at the time. ----- System Details ----- The cluster machines (known as session servers) are as follows: Session Servers --------------- holmes.umd.edu marlowe.umd.edu marple.umd.edu tracy.umd.edu wolfe.umd.edu To make all this easier, users of the OIT Unix cluster can just login to the generic address dc.umd.edu (dc = detective cluster). All mail sent to the cluster should be addressed to @umd5.umd.edu (which is the address that is placed on all outgoing cluster mail). Mail sent in this manner can be read from any cluster system. The machine known as umd5.umd.edu is also part of the cluster but acts as a server for the cluster. DO NOT USE UMD5 for anything other than your EMAIL address. Never login to umd5. Games, IRC, and MUDs are not allowed on the OIT Unix cluster. The home directories contain default .login, .cshrc, and .logout files. In addition, the access mode on the home directories has been set to 700. This means that a student will not be able to copy files from an unsuspecting student, unless the owner changes the mode of his home directory to something that allows such access. Of course students can still MAIL things to each other. User files are NFS mounted on various servers. Symbolic links are used to create the file names found in the system password file. This means the names returned by the pwd command may not match the names found in the system password file. Users should always refer to home directories by the ~loginid or $HOME methods. The estimated enrollment for your class was used to generate login ids for you, your students and TAs. All login ids have the same attributes; you and your TAs can select any of the ids for your own use. The details of these login ids are listed at the end of this MAIL item. If you have questions concerning the creation of your Unix course access, you should contact: Ira Gold Senior Systems Administrator Office of Information Technology Electronic mail: igold@umd.edu Campus telephone: (301) 405-3040 This document last updated January 16, 2004. ---------- Ethics ---------- University of Maryland Guidelines for the Acceptable Use of Computing Resources Primary Principles: Freedom of Expression and Personal Responsibility Freedom of expression and an open environment to pursue scholarly inquiry and for sharing of information are encouraged, supported, and protected at the University of Maryland. These values lie at the core of our academic community. Censorship is not compatible with the tradition and goals of the University. While some computing resources may be dedicated to specific research, teaching, or administrative tasks that would limit their use, freedom of expression must, in general, be protected. The University does not limit access to information due to its content when it meets the standard of legality. The University's policy of freedom of expression applies to computing resources. Concomitant with free expression are personal obligations of each member of our community to use computing resources responsibly, ethically, and in a manner which accords both with the law and the rights of others. The campus depends first upon a spirit of mutual respect and cooperation to create and maintain an open community of responsible users. General These guidelines set forth standards for responsible and acceptable use of University computing resources. They supplement existing University policies, agreements, and state and federal laws and regulations. Computing resources include host computer systems, University-sponsored computers and workstations, communications networks, software, and files. Computing resources are provided to support the academic research, instructional, and administrative objectives of the University. These resources are extended for the sole use of University faculty, staff, students, and other authorized users ("users") to accomplish tasks related to the user's status at the University, and consistent with University's mission. Users are responsible for safeguarding their identification (ID) codes and passwords, and for using them for their intended purposes only. Each user is responsible for all transactions made under the authorization of his or her ID, and for all network activity originating from his or her data jack. Users are solely responsible for their personal use of computing resources and are prohibited from representing or implying that the content constitutes the views or policies of the University. Violation of these guidelines constitutes unacceptable use of computing resources, and may violate other University policies and/or state and federal law. Suspected or known violations should be reported to the appropriate University computing unit. Violations will be processed by the appropriate University authorities and/or law enforcement agencies. Violations may result in revocation of computing resource privileges, academic dishonesty or Honor Council proceedings, faculty, staff or student disciplinary action, or legal action. User Responsibilities The following provisions describe conduct prohibited under these guidelines: 1. Altering system software or hardware configurations without authorization, or disrupting or interfering with the delivery or administration of computing resources. 2. Attempting to access or accessing another's account, private files, or e-mail without the owner's permission; or misrepresenting oneself as another individual in electronic communication. 3. Installing, copying, distributing or using software in violation of: copyright and/or software agreements; applicable state and federal laws; or the principles described in Using Software, A Guide to the Ethical and Legal Use of Software for Members of the Academic Community, available at www.inform.umd.edu/software-guide. 4. Using computing resources to engage in conduct which interferes with others' use of shared computing resources and/or the activities of other users, including studying, teaching, research, and University administration. 5. Using computing resources for commercial or profit-making purposes without written authorization from the University. 6. Failing to adhere to individual departmental or unit lab and system policies, procedures, and protocols. 7. Allowing access to computing resources by unauthorized users. 8. Using computing resources for illegal activities. Criminal and illegal use may include obscenity, child pornography, threats, harassment, copyright infringement, defamation, theft, and unauthorized access. Administration The maintenance, operation, and security of computing resources require responsible University personnel to monitor and access the system. To the extent possible in the electronic environment and in a public setting, a user's privacy will be preserved. Nevertheless, that privacy is subject to the Maryland Access to Public Records Act, other applicable state and federal laws, and the needs of the University to meet its administrative, business, and legal obligations. August 1996, Revised July 1997 ---------- Help ---------- Questions should be directed to the OIT Help Desk (CSS West Wing room 1400) at 301-405-1500, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday - Friday. Documentation (Introduction to the OIT Unix System) is available at: http://www.helpdesk.umd.edu/documentation ---------- News ---------- OIT uses the Usenet news system on its Unix systems to inform users about system outages, new software, etc. The news group csc.news is used for all news items. Items that are considered of interest to the general University community are also placed in the um.general news group. The default .login file contains a call to the readnews program. On some systems, users prefer to use the rn program to read news. If rn is used, the call to readnews should be removed from the users' .login file. ---------- Printing ---------- OIT has replaced the stock lpr program with a shell script that calls MDQS to print a file on prl, which is the 3800 laser printer attached to the campus IBM system. The call is lpr to initiate printing of file . Output may be retrieved at the OIT dispatch counter in room 1299 of the A.V. Williams I building. ---------- File Recovery ---------- A dump of all files is taken every week. These file backups are for recovery from catastrophic loss. Individual user file recovery is not available at this time. ---------- Passwords ---------- Requests for change of forgotten passwords should be made to Ira Gold at the address above. Requests to change student passwords will only be honored when they are made by the instructor. Instructors can make such requests via electronic mail. Requests must include login id and may include a suggested new password (must be 6 - 8 characters long). ---------- Disk Quota ---------- All user login ids on the OIT Unix cluster have a disk quota associated with them. When the disk quota is exceeded, the user will not be able to create new files until the amount of disk space in use has been reduced, or the disk quota has been increased. Initial disk quota for classroom accounts is 5 meg per account. If you are using some of the accounts as TA or grading accounts, let me know which ones and I will increase their disk quota. Requests for change of disk quota should be made to Ira Gold at the address above. Requests to change student disk quotas will only be honored when they are made by the instructor. Instructors can make such requests via electronic mail. Requests must include login id, desired new disk quota (expressed in megabytes), and system name. In all cases, requests for higher disk quotas will be evaluated against system resources and system load. ---------- Teaching Assistants ---------- Teaching assistants may request password and disk quota changes if in their email to Ira Gold they identify themselves as a TA for the course and they CC the instructor. ---------- /tmp and /var/tmp ---------- /tmp is a small directory used by system utilities for short term scratch files. Users should not place their files in /tmp. User files should be placed in user directories (every user has one) or /var/tmp (again, short term storage). Files residing in /tmp and /var/tmp can be deleted without notice if disk space becomes critical. See "Disk Quota" above for information about requesting disk quota changes. /tmp and /var/tmp are local to each system in the cluster. ---------- Software ---------- The cluster file /usr/local/doc/cluster contains cluster details, including a table showing software availability. Please read this file for full cluster details. ---------- Project Due Dates ---------- If possible, please notify us (email to Ira Gold will do) of due dates for projects. This will help us monitor cluster performance. ---------- Login Ids and Passwords ---------- [deleted]