Department Of Geology and Geophysics Common Computer Support

Computer Support

geology.support@yale.edu for any technical issues you need help with

https://www.mail.yale.edu -- To access your Web Mail

https://config.mail.yale.edu -- Configure Your Mail, including vacation, messages & mail filtering

http://pantheon.yale.edu -- General Email Information

http://www.yale.edu/its/status -- ITS Systems Status Page

http://www.yale.edu/email/links.html -- email help documents

http://www.yale.edu/software has links for downloading norton antivirus(for free) and other utilities

http://www.yale.edu/email/spam/ -- spam documentation

File Backup

www.yale.edu/adsm - register your computer for nightly backup, certain rules apply

the department systems administrator will setup adsm on any unix computer he/she is responsible for on your behalf

Access file shares from pc, mac, unix

\\plate1\vaults , \\plate1\netid$ , \\plate1\research-groups - folders you have access to on the network you can store your data here and it will be backed up.

\\morb\ = this is the printer server, the department printers eddy, kgl213hall, kgl318, and the copier (called copier2560 under linux) live on this machine.

to access the shares from windows

click start -> run -> type \\servername\sharename

to access the shares from mac osx

Under "Connect to Server" (which is off one of the main desktop menus),
use the address:

smb://servername/sharename

to access the shares from linux

log in with your netid

issue the command smbclient

smbclient -k //servername/sharename

or

smbclient //servername/sharename -U netid -W Yale -> hit enter -> enter
password

Software

Yale now has a license arrangement providing them *free* for qualified
teaching and research purposes. To enroll in MSDNAA and get more
information about operating systems and software covered by this
arrangement, visit the MSDNAA page. http://babs.its.yale.edu/msdnaa/

Adobe Software licenses are available for a small fee, please purchase
one then the Department's IT person can install it for you

Dial Up Use

The Department does not support this method, if you need help go here:

http://edserv05.its.yale.edu/ras/

Get an IP for your computer

get an IP, and if you are a student go to, http://www.yale.edu/netreg

If you are any other position, please see the department IT person for help

Printing

Please get a Pin number to print from the department secretary first

in your mac or pc, please make sure you have your search paths say

geology.yale.edu, yale.edu

pc

1) click start -> run -> \\morb -> click setup in the Clientinstall folder

2) answer yes to all the default questions, when it asks for server name
enter "MORB" without quotes

3) click on the printers eddy, kgl213hall, kgl318, and Copier to install
them

mac

1) click go -> connect to server -> connect to smb://morb

2) go to the Drivers folder and copy Billing software, Copier and
printer drivers to your desktop

3) install the Copier and Printer drivers first

4) install the billing software, you have to run it twice, select the
client program, then run it again with the admin program

5) in your root directory of your mac harddrive there is a PAS Admin
Utility, enter the name MORB

6) in your system properties click printer tools, enter the following
information

7) select add printer

choose PAS PRINTER

enter printername Copier, kgl213hall, kgl318, or eddy

choose server name and enter MORB

choose queue name as Copier, kgl213hall, kgl318, or eddy

8) when you print a document it will ask you to enter your netid and
password, then it will ask for your pin number

linux

1) make sure your documents are converted to PS (postscript) if its in
any other format other than straight ascii text

2) issue the command smbprint.sh printername filename, IE ./smbprint.sh
eddy /etc/hosts

Password protecting a department web page

1 ) my webpage is http://earth.geology.yale.edu/~user I want to password protect this folder http://earth.geology.yale.edu/~user/secret/

2) this is what you have to do to make the folder secret. Every folder must have an index.html file, Type the line below, this will make your html file appear as a file that can be read by the password software.

ln -s index.html index.php

3) In /home/user/html/secret you will create a file called ".htaccess" Notice the leading "." In the filename, this is important Use-your-favorite-editor .htaccess

you will have 2 choices to what you can do with this file.

Choice A allows only people with certain netid's into you secret web page folder, Add the 2 lines below into the .htaccess file

AuthType CAS
Require user netid1 netid2 netid3 etc..

Choice B allows anyone with a netid into your secret web page. Add the 2 lines below into the .htaccess file

AuthType CAS
Require valid-user

4) open up firefox or internet explorer and goto
http://earth.geology.yale.edu/~user/secret it should ask you for your netid and password.

Other computing information

Yale ITS http://www.yale.edu/its/

MATLAB help http://www.mathworks.com/

Roaming ethernet (not for students) http://www.yale.edu/amt/roaming/