Ugrad Technical Guide
Welcome! This section is intended to help new students become familiar with the Sunlab working environment and with some of its features and quirks. We hope this information is useful to you.
It's maintained by the sunlab consultants, so let us know how we can make them more useful.
The on-duty is always available to answer you questions and fix you problems. You can either walk to 9a and ask a question in person or you can reach the consultant four other ways:
- Phone: 863-7721
- zwrite: run
zconsultfrom a shell (be sure to have zwgc running so the consultant can zwrite you back!) - e-mail: consultants at cs dot brown dot edu
If your question isn't answered here, please feel free to ask!
General Information
- Welcome to the Sun Lab
Basic introduction to the lab and general information - Waitlist Etiquette
Detailed information on how to deal with and avoid problems with the Sun Lab Waitlist - Sun Lab Ergonomics Guide
General guide and instructions on how to use the ergonomic facilities available in the lab
Technical Information
- Introductory UNIX Guide
Beginners glossary on the most commonly used UNIX commands - Remote Login
The minicourse explanation of remote login with ssh. For an explanation of s/key and vpn, go here. - Minicourses
Short lectures held by consultants on various aspects of our computing environment. - Sunlab Printing
Detailed guide on the ins and outs of printing. - Identities, Quotas, and the Limited
Shell
Information about what a quota is, how it's set, how to tell if you're over your quota, etc.
| Page Owner: Student Lab Consultants | Last Modified: Thu Apr 19 14:12:07 2007 |