Computing

Corpus Christi College

Computing

The University provides you with a mail account on a machine called Hermes (hermes.cam.ac.uk), and allows you access to University and departmental facilities such as the Personal Workstation Facility (PWF). You are bound by the University's computer service regulations (see http://www.cam.ac.uk/CS/Rules/), and are warned that their punishments can be severe. Naturally it is a breach of these regulations to use someone else's account, to seek to pass on a virus, to view or store pornographic material, or to waste computer resources with games.

The College provides a network allowing undergraduates to connect their computers to the University ethernet from almost all rooms in Corpus. There is also a computer room (E1) which provides PCs and Macs which any Corpus undergraduate may use to assist their studies. All the machines in the computer room have MS Office 2000 Professional (MS Word for word processing, MS Excel for spreadsheets and MS Access for database work), Netscape Navigator and MS Internet Explorer (for viewing the world wide web), PuTTY for reading and writing e-mail and WinSCP2 (for the PCs) for sending and receiving files over the network. In addition to this several public machines allowing e-mail access without entering the computer room are sited at key locations in College. Additional software can be installed on the College's machines, but only with the permission of the Computer Officer: this will help avoid virus and licensing problems.

You will have received notification of the passwords for your account on University machines. This letter provides you with information on your password for Corpus machines and software, and on the facilities available in the College. The University Computer Service have issued you with your userid (e.g. pdp1001) which you will use for both University machines (e.g. the mail server Hermes and the PWF) and to access College machines and software.

You should change your Corpus passwords within the next three days (see instructions below), and then ensure that your new password is kept confidential and does not become known by anyone else.

1. Logging On to a Computer

To use the PCs you will need to log on. The Pentium's have Windows 2000 as their operating system. To log on to these machines you should enter the userid (eg pdp1001) and the Windows 2000 Domain password provided. The College provides each undergraduate with file space on the College Domain server. The E-mail terminals need no passwords

2. Changing your Password

You should change your College password as soon as possible.

a. Web Server

To do this, use a machine in the College computer room.

b. Windows 2000 Domain To do this, login windows PC and Press Crtl-Alt-Del. Press Change Password button and follow the instructions....Read also Windows 2000 User Instructions You should also change your University password when you first use the accounts, (as instructed in the material you have received from them) and at reasonably frequent intervals thereafter (at least annually)

3. E-mail As a member of the College, you will be required to read, and reply to, your email at least once a day. This is now the main method of communication between you and the College, and will also be useful for you to communicate with friends in other Colleges and Universities.All new and old students have an e-mail account with the university on hermes.cam.ac.uk . In your pack you will see one of the leaflets has your e-mail user account and password (such as PDP00001 and Xq143dxP). To read or write e-mail, click the Hermes icon on the desktop (having logged into the computer if you are using a PC) or Mulberry or https://webmail.hermes.cam.ac.uk and follow the instructions: this will run the Telnet software, Mulberry or https://webmail.hermes.cam.ac.uk and allow you to access your e-mail.When you first login to your mail account on hermes, you should change your University password. To do this select 5 CONFIG. In the following menu select 2 PERSONAL. Now select 1 Password and follow the instruction on the screen.

You may make limited use of University systems for personal e-mails, provided that such use does not have more than a minimal impact on resources. You should not use e-mail for trivial or frivolous purposes (such as circulating jokes to mailing lists). You must not use University e-mail systems for the transmission of messages which could be offensive to others or could result in legal action. You should use newsgroups only in connection with their proper purposes and not frivolously or in a way which could offend other users. Occasional internet access for other than strictly work purposes is permitted only insofar as it does not affect the your work and the work of others. You must not use University computer facilities for private commercial work without permission.

4. The World Wide Web.

The world wide web can be viewed from any computer in the computer room, by clicking the Netscape Navigator, or Internet Explorer icons, and following instructions. A charge is made for all data obtained from transatlantic sites, and use of these sites should therefore be kept to a minimum and should not be used unless there are clear requirements to do so for coursework. It should go without saying that using the network to play games, or to view pornographic material or downloading of MP3 music for distribution is a breach of computing service regulations and may result a fine or in the loss of all computer access in the University.

There is much useful information on the College website. This includes reference material of which you should be aware. For example, there is information for undergraduates at: http://www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/undergraduate/index.htm You should look at these pages within the next three days. We will assume that you have read the information on this site.

Undergraduates may also generate their own web pages which may be viewed by anyone as part of the world wide web. These may be created on any computer, but will need to be uploaded onto the web server before they become part of the world wide web (see instructions below).

5. Uploading files onto the College Web server

The College also provides each undergraduate with file space on the College web server where they may store (a few) files, and create pages that can be viewed over the Worldwide web. To generate files that can be viewed by anyone as part of the world wide web, you should generate these files on any computer, and then upload them onto your file space on the web server (and into your directory public_html if you wish them to be visible over the web).

To transfer files you should use WinSCP2 (on the PCs) or Fetch (on the Macs): click the appropriate icons and log in to your file space - again you will need to use your userid and Corpus password. When using WinSCP2 never save your password in the configuration. On a PC, you should select the file you want to copy to the server under the Local PC info windows and click the arrow button to copy the file to your home directory or any other location within you home directory under the remote host info window. On the Macs simply run Fetch and press the Get or Put buttons and follow instructions.

Windows 2000 User Instructions

The computer room in college has recently been upgraded. Students will be able to access the PCs in the computer room using their own user-names and passwords and have secure access to their personal file space.

Please change your password as soon as possible.

The main college computer room a printer for the use of college users. Printing is currently charged at 5p a side. All printing is logged for charging purposes. Students wishing to use their own paper are required to keep their own record of paper use.

PLEASE NOTE.

It is impossible to account for printing on double sided paper due to the nature of the way the windows printing system works. The application generates pages to be printed which are logged with the user name and time in the system log. The pages to be printed are then passed on to the printer via the printer driver. It is at this point that the option for double sided printing is put in to play by the printer driver, to print two pages generated by the application onto both sides of a single sheet of paper. Since this step happens post logging it can not be accounted for.

Please be aware that any personal files saved in your file space should be backed up by you, as this will not be backed up while upgrading is in progress. All computers are fitted with floppy disk drives and many with zip drives for this purpose.

User files/work should be stored on the H:\ drive (available within the My Computer folder) which is backed up periodically. Users should not store work within the My Documents folder or on the Desktop itself. The contents of user desktops and the My Documents folders are wiped periodically to save space. You have been warned!

ALWAYS LOGOUT AFTER YOU HAVE FINISHED. Never give your username and password to another user.

If you experience any problems, please contact the IT staff on E Staircase (Anil Keetoon: ak310@cam.ac.uk) and Joe Carter (helpdesk@corpus.cam.ac.uk). The Undergraduate Computing Officer or Postgraduate Computing Officer can also be contacted.

Note to Undergraduate and Postgraduate Members

Use of college computer and network facilities

We wish to draw the attention of college members to six points:

1. Food and drink in the college computer rooms

You are reminded that eating and drinking is forbidden in the college computer rooms. We propose to levy a fee of £10 for reminding members of college of this rule, should it be forgotten. Possession of food or drink in the college computer rooms may be taken as intention to consume.

2. WEB usage

The college network is primarily intended for educational and research use. Please remember that the college is charged for transatlantic data transfer (a charge which is then shared between all users of the network). It is not fair on other members of college to download excessive quantities of non-academic material, because they will, in effect, be paying for your usage. Users responsible for large data transfers should bear in mind that the College may directly pass on the charge for this traffic; and may also restrict access to the College Computer Room and other College Computer facilities.

I agree to abide by:

Authorization for the Use of the CUDN

http://www.cam.ac.uk/CS/IT Syndicate/cudnrules.html

Rules Made by the Information Technology Syndicate

http://www.cam.ac.uk/CS/IT Syndicate/rules.html

JANET Acceptable Use Policy

http://www.ja.net/services/publications/policy/aup.html

Guidelines on the Acceptable use of Computer Facilities, E-Mail and the Internet

http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/personnel/policy/computer.html

3. Anti Virus Software

College members who have PC or Macintosh computers connected to the University network are required to have anti-virus software running on their machines. The software is available free to University users from the following site: http://www-tus.csx.cam.ac.uk/cs/virus/ The link is also present on the MCR web site. The software should be configured to receive periodic, automatic upgrades from the University site. If you have any problems installing or configuring the software, please contact the MCR, JCR computer officer or the Computer & IT Manager for help.

4. Large files for download

A recent incident occurred where an individual within the university made a very large file on his machine (on the order of gigabytes) available for download outside the university. When a user outside the university downloaded this file, the result was that part of the university network effectively crashed and many people were unable to use their e-mail for several hours .College members are therefore not permitted to make exceptionally large files available for download from their machines by machines outside the University. If you wish to make a file available, and you are in doubt as to whether it is of permissible size, please contact the MCR, JCR Computer Officer or the Computer & IT Manager for advice.

5. Network equipment in student rooms

No web cams are to be installed in student rooms.
No Wireless Hub/switches aloowed on the College Network.
No network Hubs/routes/switches are to be installed in student rooms.

6. Copy right material

Students should not use college network to distribute COPYRIGHT materials. The Student in breach of the rule will be reported to the Senior Tutor and, where appropriate to the University Computing Service. Access may be restricted to CCR and other College Computing Facilities; in some cases, the student concerned may be disconnected from the network.

Internet usage (including e-mail, the Web, chat rooms)

You may make reasonable use of the Web for other than strictly work purposes provided it does not adversely affect your work and the work of others and has a minimal effect on the University's resources. You may make reasonable use of University facilities for personal e-mails, provided that this does not have more than a minimal impact on resources and does not adversely affect your work or the work of others.
If an e-mail message is personal, you may wish to make this clear by using the word 'personal' in the subject line.

When you send e-mail, you should remember the following:

An e-mail message is legally equivalent to a letter. E-mail messages can be defamatory and can form contracts. For these reasons it is important to take the same care composing e-mail messages as letters. E-mail messages, like other documents, can be disclosed to the person they are about under the Data Protection Act and in the event of legal proceedings.
Messages may be seen by system managers and other IT support staff, just as postcards may be seen by postal workers. Moreover, the University cannot guarantee that communications will not be accessed illicitly.

As stated above, the University permits reasonable personal as well as professional use of computing facilities. You should be careful not to misuse these facilities, for instance by:

Hacking - attempting to access systems or information within or outside the University without authority, or encouraging others to do so. Deliberately accessing from the Internet material which is counter either to legislation, University rules or policies (e.g. equal opportunities) or to commonly accepted standards, or is likely to be offensive to reasonable people. Members of staff may access this kind of material only for bona fide academic purposes. However, accidental access to such sites can take place; if you are concerned that such accidental access has taken place you may wish to report your concerns to an appropriate person.
E-mail communications which constitute bullying or harassment, as defined in the University's code of advice and instructions on bullying and harassment( http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/personnel/policy/bullying.html).

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