I. Accounts
1. Who is entitled?
Please see the Account Allocation Policies.
2. How to obtain an account?
The only way to obtain an account is by filling an Application for Computer Account Form, or obtain a hard copy from the Systems office (143 MSB). After the signed form is brought back to Systems' office the account will be ready in 1 business day unless otherwise specified.
II. Supported software
The follwing software is supported by Systems. If not otherwise noted, all the versions of the particular software package are supported.
Operating Systems
1.HPUX
2.RedHat Linux
3.SUN Solaris
4.Microsoft Windows
Browsers
1.Microsoft Internet Explorer
2.Mozilla
Email Clients (see Email configuration help)
1.Mozilla
2.Mutt
3.Pine. This is in the process of being phased out.
Software packages
1.Cygwin
2.Microsoft Software obtained via MSDNAA licensing(see here for detailed information)
3.MS Software obtained via University licensing
Also see Software Availability to see what software is installed on which machines.
III. Services offered
The following services are offered by Systems.
Core services
1.Domain hosting
2.Email access
3.Data storage
4.Backup
5.Web pages hosting
6.Printing
7.Assistance with installation,configuration and maintenance of computer systems/ networking equipment within the department *
8.Hardware/software purchase consultation
9.Software installation on lab machines and other departmental-related machines
Personal machines are not supported.
IV. Software availability
Machines,labs,clusters,groups,etc(e.g. lowlevel machine info) This information is under construction.
V. Mailing lists Information
Under construction
VI. Printing Information
For questions on how to print, see the Systems FAQ The current printer queues and printer locations are:
- xtermlab (hp4200): This printer is located in room 160.
- graphlab (hp8150): This printer is located in room 348.
- color5m (hp5m): This printer is located in room 348.
- office (hp4550): This is a color printer located in room 233.
- xerox (dc255st): This is the xerox documentcenter in room 233. You may print to it directly via lp or lpr, or you may use your web browser. See http://xerox.mcs.kent.edu for additional printing options. This printer will only print postscript documents. Please convert your documents to postscript before printing them to this printer. If you require assistance with this task, please contact systems. Use of the xerox printer is restricted to full time faculty and staff, and instructional use.
Due to the number of machines on our network, we have configured the queues for these printers on the major servers. You may need to change your default printer. To do this, change the value of the environment variable LPDEST on the hp workstations or PRINTER on all other systems (Linux, Sunos). You most likely set this variable in your shell initialization file (such as .cshrc, .login, or .profile).
You may also need to change the default printer in other software such as mutt. This is done on a per applicaton basis and will vary from application to application. A new printer driver needs to be installed for on windows machines to access some of these printers. For help with any of the above mentioned tasks please contact systems.
