• IT Astronomy Message Board
• Remote Observing at WIYN

Account Management

• How do I get my first computing accounts at Indiana University Bloomington?
• IU Accounts (Account Management Service)
• Applying for an account on CFS, AFS, or MASS Store
• Password Maintenance

File Permissions

To set file permissions RUN

        chown -R og-rwx DIR   

***where DIR is the name of a directory. This command will change the permissions for the directory named DIR and all sub-directories.

      chown -R og-rwx /home/USER 

 ***will change the permissions for the directory /home/USER and all sub-directories, including all files contained there under.

To see more permission details see http://www.comptechdoc.org/os/linux/usersguide/linux_ugfilesp.html
 

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• Getting software available through the IU/Microsoft agreement

FAQ's

• How do I check your voice mail in UMS?
• What is Unified Messaging Service (UMS)?
• On my personal computer, How do I change my time zone?
• Where can I find information about the time zone abbreviations of the world?
• How does Indiana's adoption of Daylight Saving Time affect my Exchange calendar?
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• Making a wireless connection to IU's network
• IU Network Cable Wiring Scheme
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• Reading Exchange mail with Desktop Client (Thunderbird/Netscape/Eudora)
• At IU, how can I set up PC-Pine for Windows to read my IMAP e-mail?
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• How do I create more IU accounts?
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