Windows remote access (terminal server, msdnaa, ftp)

General info

After each semester, your account will be disabled. If you need any data out of your account, please get it taken care of before the end of the semester as we won’t guarantee the data will remain after that.

At the beginning of each semester, accounts will be created for new students and existing accounts will be re-enabled. Any student registering late will need to have this done manually, so contact a lab aide.

If an account is inactive for a year, it will be deleted and all data in it will not be recoverable.

Username

Your username will be your W#, including the “w”. The username is NOT case sensitive.

Password

For all windows remote access, your default password will be the last 4 digits of your W# + cs!. So, if your final 4 numbers were 5483, then your password would be “5483cs!” (minus the quotes). If your password ever gets reset, this is what the default will always be.

At the beginning of each semester and any time a reset is requested, your password will be reset to the default. You will need to log in to Athena or a lab computer and change your default password before you can use anything else. If you need quick and easy help in determining your username and default password, use icarus.cs.weber.edu/logininfo.php to check your CS accounts.

Your password will need to be at least 7 characters long and contain 3 of the 4 character types (upper case letter, lower case letter, number, and special character). The password may not contain your name as any part of it.

MSDNAA

In order to use MSDNAA, you must have already changed your windows password. This involves either connecting to Athena (Terminal Services), or going to one of the cs labs and logging in to the windows machines.

ftp

To connect to Osiris (students.cs.weber.edu), we recommend using a graphical ftp client like SmartFTP. This makes it easy to change the port to 4211. Your password will be the same as always, but the username will need “cs\” appended to the front.

To connect using the windows DOS client, you will need to type the following (substituting the appropriate username and password):
ftp
open students.cs.weber.edu 4211
cs\{username}
{password}

Remote Desktop (Terminal Services)

To connect to Athena using Remote Desktop (also known as RDP), run Remote Desktop Connection or RDC (Start Menu, Programs, Accessories, Communication, RDC). In the address, type:
Athena.cs.weber.edu:53243

When you are done using Athena, don’t forget to logoff. If you just close your connection, then it will hold your connection for a while. You won’t be able to use Athena again until your connection has been dropped, usually about 30 min but it can be up to 4 hours.

All software from the labs is available on Athena with an additional few pieces of software as well. The one exception is cd burning software.

One special note here: Athena is really 2 machines load-balanced. Don't store files on athena with the expectation that they will always be there. You may be sent to the other machine and your files will be missing.

Storage

Quotas have been enabled on all servers. Due to the abuse by a few, we must now enforce quotas. You cannot download software from MSDNAA and store it on our servers. Quotas are low enough that you will be restricted to storing educational data only. If you need additional storage space, you will need to contact Patrick (626-6522) with your justification.

Home directory

Your windows home directory will be the M drive. You will have this drive in each lab and also on Athena. Quotas are enforced, so take careful note of what you try to store on our machine. This is a privilege, not a right. It’s very simple to remove this access if it’s abused. We will try to ensure your files will remain during each semester. If you have any difficulties with your home directory, or the M drive does not exist for you, contact a lab aide.

In addition, each person has a profile on Athena with some storage. This also has a very low quota and will be purged at least each semester. No warning will be given at all. Don’t store important data on Athena, we will NOT recover it for you.

Unix remote access (icarus)

Username and password

Your username is your initials (lower case) followed by the last 5 digits of your w#. Your password will be your first name (first letter capitalized) followed by “cs!”. For example, if your name is Fred Johnson and your w# is w00105483 then your usename would be fj05483 and your password would be Fredcs!. If you need quick and easy help in determining your username and default password, use icarus.cs.weber.edu/logininfo.php to check your CS accounts.

We highly recommend you change your password by using yppasswd. Your new password will need to be at least 8 characters long and contain 3 of the 4 character types (upper/lower case letter, number, special character).

When entering your password, nothing will show on the screen. This is normal. Just type it in and hit return. Don't try to copy and paste your password.

ssh

The most common connection type is using ssh. Icarus uses the default ssh port and you should already know your username and password. We recommend using putty for an ssh connection. Information for putty and several other connection types can be found at icarus.cs.weber.edu/ssh.html.

WinSCP

Winscp is a graphical client for copying files to and from a unix/linux machine while using windows. For best control of files, use winscp only for transferring files. Use command line tools from ssh to control access. For detailed instructions, see icarus.cs.weber.edu/ssh.html

web

To create a web page, put your html files in your public_html folder. To browse to your web page on icarus, you'd type:
http://icarus.cs.weber.edu/~{username}
So if your username were ab12345, then you'd type http://icarus.cs.weber.edu/~ab12345. This will only work if you have a default.html or index.html, otherwise you have to enter the filename as well.
NOTE: Icarus is case sensitive (even over the web), so ab12345 is different from AB12345. Usernames are lowercase.

ftp

Does not exist. If you think you are using ftp to connect to icarus, check again.

NOTE: This applies to both windows and unix. At no point is any storage space guaranteed. It can be deleted at any time. We won’t purge data from the home directories mid-semester except in an emergency. We will try to give warning before purging data (except Athena), but we won’t be making a huge effort to make sure everyone knows. We will not restore files from backup except in extreme cases. In short, it’s your data, you take care of it.