Computer Facilities
Accounts:
Accounts on the department Unix network and the
machines in SEL 736 are available to all faculty, staff, and graduate
students in the department. This lab is normally open full time.
There is a departmental email list for announcements regarding this
network called ixusers@math.uic.edu; to
subscribe to this list send email to ixusers-subscribe@math.uic.edu.
Accounts in the undergraduate computer lab, SEO 200, are available
to all of the above, to undergraduate math (including mcs and mtht)
majors, and to students currently taking courses which use the lab.
Visitors and others associated with the department may also request
accounts on either network. To obtain an account, please fill out an
account request form and put it in Heidi
Burgiel's mailbox in room SEO 320. Additional forms should be
available outside of SEO 200.
Questions and suggestions about computers or accounts on the Unix
network should be sent to consult@math.uic.edu. These
questions will be read and dealt with by the graduate student
assistant (currently Vladimir Egorin) or the system administrator
(currently Heidi Burgiel).
Requests specific to the undergraduate
lab should be sent to consult@lab.math.uic.edu.
Printers:
Please help us conserve paper by reading email and
proofreading papers online. SEO 200 has a single, duplex printer.
The unix network has two printers, in SEO 308 and SEO 736. Macintosh
users can print duplex output in 736 (HP 5Si) and simplex output in
SEO 308 (alternates between HP4Si and HP4Si1.) There is also a color
printer, hpcolor, in SEO 206. For more information, please refer to
the printing information pages in the table of
contents.
Email:
Accounts on the department Unix network will receive all mail sent to
username@math.uic.edu, unless mail forwarding is set up
through a .forward or .qmail file. Accounts in the undergraduate lab
have email addresses of the form username@lab.math.uic.edu.
For more information about mail on the Unix network, please refer to
the email information pages.
Dialup service:
There is no dialup service. If you wish to log in to your account
from your home computer, you must first connect to some internet
service provider. You can do this through your UIC account on tigger
or icarus. If your name is in the UIC phone book database, you should
be able to register for an account from the ACCC web page.
Other resources:
Problems with PC's running Windows can often be solved by Kevin
Hancock. There is a departmental email support list for Windows users
called pcusers@math.uic.edu;
to subscribe to this list send email to pcusers-subscribe@math.uic.edu.
Problems with accounts on tigger and icarus should be referred to
the ACCC at consult@uic.edu or
3-0003. Mail forwarding from these accounts is controlled by your UIC
phonebook information, which can be changed by running the command
phupdate on tigger or icarus.
The department also has a scanner and a computer overhead projector
for use inside SEO. To reserve a time to use these, send email to consult@math.uic.edu. The Mac
lab in SEO 219 and the undergraduate computer lab in SEO 200 can also
be reserved for use by classes and seminars. There are ethernet
connections in most lecture rooms in SEO, and a Macintosh computer in
SEO 600.
Please abide by the following computer use guidelines:
- Your computer account is intended primarily for academic use. Misuse
of your account may result in its being cancelled.
- Account security is important. We have had trouble with ``hackers''
in the past. Change your password (log on and type yppasswd) as
soon as possible after you get it. If you suspect that someone has learned
or could guess your password, change it.
- Please conserve paper by using print preview programs and by reading
email on the computer.
- Try to keep the equipment clean. In particular, keep food, drinks,
and chalk dust away from monitors, mice, and keyboards.
- If you encounter problems with your account or with a specific machine
please send a detailed report of the problem to consult@math.uic.edu,
even if you can work around the problem!
- Do not turn off the power on the computers.
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