(Latest Revision -- 2015/09/06)
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Gaining Access to Workstations
in the
Computer Science Department Network
DIRECTIONS:
Use this document to look up ways to log on to a workstation.
THE USE OF QUOTATION MARKS:
This document may use quotes ("...") to delimit the exact
characters you must type to give a particular command to the
computer. Usually you are not supposed to
include these quotes in what you type. In the very few
cases where you are supposed to type the quotes, the directions
will say so explicitly.
THE USE OF THE WORD ENTER:
If you are supposed to press the Enter key after typing a
command, the directions will use the word enter. For example,
Enter "vt100"
means type "vt100" (without the quotes) and then press the Enter key.
Commands typed while the editor JOVE is running are not usually
completed by pressing the Enter key.
COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT MACINTOSH WORKSTATIONS:
The CS Department Computer Laboratory in P-288 has Macintosh workstations that
can be reached from off campus and provide access to student home directories.
Some of their names are:
- ada.csustan.edu,
- babbage.csustan.edu,
- chomsky.csustan.edu,
- godel.csustan.edu,
- hopper.csustan.edu,
- linus.csustan.edu,
- pascal.csustan.edu,
- turing.csustan.edu, and
- wozniak.csustan.edu.
These computers are configured so that users get the same home directory and
set of files, no matter which one they log in to.
There may be some computers in the lab that can provide access to home
directories, but which are not accessible from outside the CS Department Local
Area Network.
You will need an account and a password to use the machines. If you are a new
student, the instructor in your programming class will help you get an
account.
There are two basic ways of gaining access to these computers:
- log in at the console (use the computer itself), or
- log in through the network (remote login).
LOGGING IN AT THE CONSOLE:
One very important rule is the same for all CS Department computers:
Please do not turn a computer on or (especially) off,
without permission from someone in charge.
When you want to log into a computer for the first time, perhaps the best
thing to do is just ask a lab assistant, instructor, or the lab administrator
Deep Gill to show you how. It's not usually complicated,
but often it's not quite obvious either.
When you get your lesson on how to login, take notes on the procedure so
you'll remember the next time.
LOGGING IN FROM A MAC OR WINDOWS COMPUTER IN ONE OF THE CAMPUS GENERAL
STUDENT COMPUTING LABS:
Pick a name from one of the workstation lists above (e.g.
babbage.csustan.edu) and ask the lab assistant how to get an ssh
connection to it.
INTERNET ACCESS:
Check with your Internet service provider. Basically, you just need
to use ssh or telnet to login, and sftp or ftp to transfer files to
and from your computer at home. When you make a request for a
connection, you will have to refer to the campus computers using their
fully qualified domain names. In other words it is necessary that you
use the entire name of the computer (e.g. babbage.csustan.edu, not
babbage).
It is often easier to give help about this sort of thing in person, and
maybe with the help of a little "show and tell." If you have more
questions on these topics, please have a chat with me (Professor
Sarraille), or ask at the Call Center of the Office of Information
Technology: (L-150, 209-667-3687,
OIT_Call_Center@csustan.edu)