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GeneralInformation

1.  Background

The ECE/CIS labs at UD are maintained jointly between the Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) and the Computer & Information Sciences (CIS) departments. More background info can be found on the Background page.

2.  ECE/CIS accounts and labs

The following gives a brief explanation of the different types of accounts. For a more detailed explanation about user accounts, see the UserAccounts page of the wiki.

• EECIS research accounts
  • stimpy.eecis.udel.edu
  • All ECE/CIS faculty, staff, graduate students and others doing research receive accounts.
  • Have access to research and academic resources.
• ECE Academic/ECL
  • orioles.acad.ece.udel.edu
  • Accounts for classes.
  • Undergraduates may obtain accounts on this network.
  • Home of ACM, IEEE and other home pages.
  • Only has access to academic resources.
• others
  • Other professors may have machines with separate accounts/home directories.

3.  Where to log in

The main CPU server and remote login machine for the eecis research network is stimpy.eecis.udel.edu. For ECL/ECE academic accounts orioles.acad.ece.udel.edu should be used for remote access. Both are Solaris machines. For Linux, use hoek.eecis.udel.edu for eecis research users, or mlb.acad.ece.udel.edu for academic accounts. Also see the Remote Access section for more info.

4.  Sysinfo

Sysinfo is a local program that gives information about each host on the ECE/CIS networks, including the primary user, the type of machine, the amount of memory, SPEC numbers and other info. SPEC numbers are SPEC CPU2000 integer and floating point performance numbers. It's located in /usr/local/etc. "sysinfo -help" gives a brief descriptions of how to use it. "man -M /usr/local/man sysinfo" gives more info on how to use it.

There is also a web interface to the Sysinfo database, located here

5.  Changing your password

To change your Unix/Linux password, from a Unix prompt (See "Where to Log in" above) type passwd. It will ask you for your current password and then prompt you for a new password. It will ask you to type your new password twice to verify that you typed it correctly. You will then be returned to your prompt. Make your password something which is easy for you to remember, but not easy for someone to guess. Don't make your password your birth date, name, social security number or anything else which may be easy to find out about you!!! And do not share your password with Anyone. If you have forgotten your password, you must stop in at 113 Evans with your ID to get it reset.

NOTE: - If you have a research account, you must log into a research system to change your password. Please see section 3 above for further details.

5.1  Changing your SAMBA (PC) password

To change the password you use to login to PCs, go to https://smb1.eecis.udel.edu/. Log in using your ECE/CIS UNIX username and password (the same login you use for stimpy or mlb). Type your old password once and your new password (which should be the same as the password used to log into windows) twice, and click submit. Changes will be effective immediately. If you would like the SSL Certificate it can be found here.

NOTE: - This page is only accessible from computers on campus. This means you must be on campus to change your samba password.

5.2  Resetting either your unix or samba password

If you have forgotten your password, you must stop in at 113 Evans with your photo ID to get it reset. We will not send passwords via email. We will set your password to something temporary. You will be forced to change it the first time you log in.

6.  Operating Systems and hardware of labs

The preferred supported operating system is Solaris for both sparc and x86/amd64 hardware. The next preferred is Linux on x86 hardware. Windows XP is also supported on x86 PCs.

7.  Moving/Relocating a Computer

Users can request that an existing Computer be relocated within the ECE/CIS network. This is done by filling out the Network Activation Form.

8.  New computer purchases

All new computer purchases must go through the lab management in order to be supported. This is to insure that proper equipment is purchased which can be expected to work. Failure to do this has resulted in purchases that have had a shorter warranty periods, lower quality components, higher costs, and lower performance. Other items such as printers and disks should also be purchased through lab management if support is wanted. If a new system is bought and a lockdown cable is wanted for it the cable should also be ordered at the same time through the lab. The lockdown cable would normally be charged to the same grant as the system.

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