INTRODUCTION
                        TO THE CSE INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEM

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering manages a computing system
which is used by students in CSE courses.  The CSE IN system is a distributed
computing environment consisting of a number of Sun Microsystems fileservers
running the UNIX operating system, as well as UNIX, Linux and Windows
workstations.  The fileservers are named after oceans and seas (for example,
"arctic", and "pacific"), while the workstations are named after other
objects, such as plants, animals, and minerals.

You can access the CSE IN system at a number of rooms managed by the Department
of Computer Science and Engineering in the Engineering Building.

  Sun workstations (UNIX):  3350 and 3352 EB

  Dell workstations (Linux):  3353 EB

  Dell workstations (Windows):  3203, 3320 and 3340 EB

In addition, you can access the CSE IN system at some of the rooms managed by
the Case Center, the Computer Laboratory, and other campus departments.

Additional information is available as part of the Department's website:

  http://www.cse.msu.edu/facility/

Please note the Acceptable Use Policy published on that website.


                          ***** CSE IN Accounts *****

To use the CSE IN system, you must have an authorized account.  When you
enroll in a CSE course, you will be assigned an individual account (consisting
of a "username" and a "password") which allows you to access any of the
fileservers and workstations.  Normally, your CSE IN username will be the same
as your Pilot (MSU e-mail) username, and your password will be your MSU PID
(beginning with the letter 'A').

If you are unable to access your CSE IN account, please see one of the
Teaching Assistants.

The first time that you access your account on the CSE IN system, you will be
prompted to change your password.  You should select a password that is not
easily guessed by other users, such as an arbitrary set of characters that has
special meaning to you.

After you change your password, you will automatically be logged off the
system.  Please wait for a minute or two before accessing your account again
while the CSE IN system is updating the central database with your new
password.

Subsequently, whenever you want to access the CSE IN system, you will enter
your personal username and password.  Any files which you create will be saved
under your home directory.

You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and files.
Use the command "passwd" frequently (at least once a month) to change your
password on the CSE IN system.