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Computing Facilities

CSE maintains its own computing facilities for research, instruction, and general work for its students, faculty, and staff.

Our facilities include an assortment of hardware and software, ranging from Suns to PCs.

Answers to your questions

Find answers to computing questions below.

Computing Facilities Handbook

Facilities

• Computing Facilities Overview
• Systems Staff and Facilities Information

Policies

• CSE Systems Acceptable Use Policy
• Local Unsupported Sofware
• Policies and Security Information
• User File Backups

Connecting to CSE systems

• Logging in for the first time
• Your Username and Password
  
• CSE Email System
• CSE Web Mail Interface
• Vacation messages and email Forwarding
• Instructional Computer Labs
• SSH and Secure FTP Remotely
• MySQL Database server for students
• SVN Server for students
• Man in the middle warning
• Windows Network Drives (SMB)
• Setting up Network Printers
• Account Creation and Termination

Unix Help

• Basic Unix Commands
• Unix file permissions
• Using electronic mail on Unix
• Quotas, clearing space, dotfiles
• Text editing with vi and emacs
• Text formatting:LaTeX,etc.
• Unix Printing
• Check your print quota
• Creating ssh keys

Windows Help - full list

• Profile Problems (ie: Profile/App errors)
• Hardware Problems
• Network Problems
• Protecting Your PC: Window Update
• Windows Messenger
  
• Spam Problems

Software HOWTO- full list

• SMTP Authentication for sending email
• Color Printing
• ldap addressbook
• Burning CDs in the labs
• Burning DVDs in the labs
• Scanning using the HP ScanJet 6200C
• Creating a web page
• Recent software changes
• Obtaining CSE or MSDN software
• Use Procmail to filter Spam and Viruses
• Procmail to filter Class Account Spam and Viruses
• Htaccess for web page security

Additional Help

• Frequently Asked Questions
• My account is frozen
• Help managing email or email disappears
• Help finding help (contacts, man pages, external links)
• Fill out problem form
• Ergonomics and health
• Which laptop should I buy?

Problems

If you do not find what you are looking for in the list above, please fill out the problem reporting form.

News

• Cheng received funding from BAE Systems
• Khakpour and Liu receive best paper award at Int. Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems (SRDS)
• MSU WIC Receives a Symantec Student Seed Fund Award from NCWIT
• Xing and Wang awarded NSF Grant
• Face matching to artist sketches

More News

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Events

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Design Day
April 26, 2013

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Finals
Apr 29 - May 3, 2013

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