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- Who has Access?
- How do I change my password?
- What about MS222
- What about CGI-BIN programs?
- How can I remotely access my CS email?
- What can I do about spam coming to my email account?
Who has Access?
All CS faculty, staff, and majors are automatically given a account on the department's Linux network, collectively known as CSX. Students enrolled in a CS course that require computer usage are also automatically given a account on the Linux network. However, accounts belonging to students who are NOT Computer Science majors, and who are no longer enrolled in a CS course will be deleted. Any exceptions must be approved by the CS Facilities Committee.
How do I change my password?
The UNIX command is "passwd".
What about MS 222?
The lab of Linux Workstations in MS 222 are for all CS students with an emphasis on graduate students.
Can I put my web pages on CS departmental machines?
Yes, if you are a CS user; see "Who has Access?".
What's the legal stuff?
Use of these facilities must adhere to all Federal/State statutes and the policies of Oklahoma State University and the Computer Science Department. Explicitly prohibited are activities which in any way try to gain, maintain, or collect information for unauthorized access, or any activities for personal or corporate profit.
Are there any other restrictions on the content of personal web pages?
Yes and no; web pages on departmental machines need to be related in some way to computer science. The primary purpose of all CS Department facilities is faculty research and assigned student course work. Personal information, i.e. hobbies, family info., etc., are fine as long as it's not excessive. Material of questionable taste is definitely frowned upon. Again, the main purpose of the CS facilities is to promote computer science. The CS facilities committee is the final arbitrator.
What web servers does the department support?
The CS department's main web server is located on webmail.cs.okstate.edu, however www.cs.okstate.edu or cs.okstate.edu are defined as aliases for webmail.cs.okstate.edu and either is preferred (see http://www.cs.okstate.edu).
How do I setup my web pages?
All personal web pages reside under a user's home directory underneath the directory public_html. The directory public_html and the path to it, must be world executable (see 'man chmod'). Underneath public_html should be a file named index.html, this is the default page the web server will try to find. All files you wish to server must be world readable (again see 'man chmod'). This directory is created and given proper permissions upon account creation; note that if you change it, or make your home directory completely inaccessible, your web pages will stop working.
After creating any web pages under the public_html directory, users should do a 'chmod o+r filename' on the file to insure it is world readable.
Where are the log files?
The log files are kept on webmail.cs.okstate.edu, which is not user accessible. Reasonable requests for log information can likely be fulfilled.
How do people access my web pages?
The URL for accessing your newly created web pages is http://www.cs.okstate.edu/~userid, where userid is your login id for CSX (notice the tilde character "~" before userid).
I get a message like "Not Found" or "Permission Denied" when I try to access my web pages.
First, are the files world readable?
Is the path to the files at least world executable?
Do you have a default web page named index.html?
Is it world readable?
Did you put the "~" (tilde character) before your userid?
If the answer to all the above questions is "yes", then feel free to submit an inquiry via the http://sysmgr.cs.okstate.edu/ form.
What about "cgi-bin" programs?
Since improperly written "cgi-bin" programs represent a known security risk, the department does not allow "cgi-bin" programs on it's main web server. PHP is allowed, and other scripting languages may also be available; feel free to inquire.
How can I remotely access my CS email?
You can either use the webmail link on the left, or you can use any email client that supports either POP or IMAP (for two common examples, Thunderbird or Outlook). The details on setting up such clients vary, but here's the general information you will need:
Incoming Server: webmail.cs.okstate.edu
Type: IMAP (with or without SSL) or POP (with or without SSL) -- however, we strongly recommend IMAP with SSL.
Outgoing server: easiest is to use whatever your ISP provides, as SMTP servers are often blocked. However, you may be able to use the SSL version of our server, in which case you would use the same server name as above, enable SSL, and also enable authentication as that's required from off-campus.
What can I do about spam coming to my email account?
Spam is a universal email problem these days, and no fix is foolproof. There are basically three approaches that you might consider, alone or in combination:
- Server-side filtering. We can do further filtering at the mail server if you request it. As users will never see mail that gets filtered this way, we do not do it by default.
- Delivery-time filtering. You can read more about this here.
- Client-side filtering. Many mail clients that use POP3 or IMAP to get to email now do a fairly good job of spam filtering. Examples include Outlook, Thunderbird, and Eudora, as well as Apple's Mail.app.
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