Documentation on the Local Computing Environment

Among the documentation maintained by the SEAS Computing and Networking Group on the local computing environment are tutorial notes from our annual seminar series. HTML versions of these notes may be viewed here as they come online.

• Access to the Introductory Information Packet from outside of SEAS.
• Policy updates for hosts behind firewalls
• Sophos Anti-Virus
• How to set your password (UNIX/email)
• WebCalendar User Manual (pdf)
• POP and IMAP E-Mail Client Configuration Guide
• Hajim school Matlab license information
• Accessing and Maintaining Web Pages
• UR/SEAS Webmail Service
• Barracuda Syslog Reporter
• Introduction to Computing in SEAS.
• Introduction to Unix.
• Electronic Mail.
• Intermediate Unix.
• Editors and Formatters.
• Communications Tools.
• SecureShell (ssh).
• Programming Tools.
• An Intro to Computer Security.

Corresponding "brownbag seminars" may given in the Fall of each year.

See also:

• SEAS Computer Use Policy
• Obtaining a SEAS Computer Account This is for faculty and departmental administrative staff, and is useful for obtaining accounts for students taking courses.
• SEAS Software page - technical notes
• HTML'ized Man(ual) pages - UNIX help files on specific commands/programs
• Passwords on SEAS Unix Systems - help on selecting and implementing a good password
• Changes in SEAS Mail Servers - no more mail relaying
APOP services
• POP Mail service within SEAS: Configuring POP mail clients (Eudora/Outlook Express).
• Additional POP Mail client configuration considerations.
• Configuring and Using Putty, an SSH client for Windows.
• Using CD-R/CD-RW drives on SEAS UNIX systems Information on how to create ("burn") CDs using CD-R/CD-RW devices attached to UNIX systems in SEAS.
• Restricting access to your SEAS web pages. via htaccess.
• Shared Editing of Files and Web Sites (PDF document)
• Web/HTML resources - useful links to information, etc.
• Webpage Hit-Counter Information - examples and instructions on setting up a hit counter and clock.
• WebCalendar User's Manual - a simple guide to using our WebCalendar package

(Plain text versions of the above are also availble.)

Finally, if none of these files help you, report your problem, using the web interface to Problem or by emailing problem email directly, with questions.

Last modifed: Monday, 12-Oct-2009 11:43:44 EDT