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Student/Staff/Faculty New Account Activation

To apply for an account, you must come to Gates room 169 to fill out the Computer Account Request Form. Below are the policies for the application

  1. Relationship with the University

    The CSD PEDIT database will be checked to confirm your relationship with the department. Your application will not be processed if you are not in the CSD database with an appropriate relation.

    Undergraduate Students: contact Claire Stager.
    MS Graduate Students: contact Claire Stager.
    PhD Graduate Students: contact Kathi DiTommaso.
    Faculty/Staff: contact Laura Kenny.

  2. Purpose of the account

    Computer systems provided by the department are only intended for the following uses:

    SR: Sponsored Research

    Paid for by various research projects or grants.(See a research PI to inquire about setting up such an account. The research PI will be billed and will pay for usage.) Generally, sponsored research is done on HUDSON. You will have to supply us with the faculty sponsor's signiture, account number to be charged, and quarter(s) sponsored.

    UR: Unsponsored Research.

    Paid for by the department and arranged either by a student or by a faculty member doing the unsponsored research. Generally, unsponsored research is done on the computer named HUDSON. You must get the department chairperson's written approval.

    DA: Department Administrative.

    Computing paid for by the Computer Science Department. Accounts will be on the computer named SUNBURN.

    SM: Student Miscellaneous

    Computing available for all CS students (declared undergraduate, Masters, PhD) to do miscellaneous computing, text editing, mail, etc., but not for homework. Paid for by the department. Generally, account will be on the computer named XENON and the associated machines in the PUP cluster in Gates B21.


  3. Specify Computer

    You will have to specify which computer you are requesting an account on: XENON or SUNBURN.

  4. Account Name

    Normally, the account name is your first initial plus your last name or some other combination of your name. The account name must be 8 characters or less.

  5. Account Password

    You will have to choose a temporary password which will be used to set up your account. Once you have your account, you should change your password. Use the password command (psswd) to change your password.

    Password Guidelines
    • Password MUST contain at least two alphabetic characters and at least one numeric or special character.
    • The password should not be related to any publicly available information about you such as your name, nickname, or account name.
    • The password should not be or contain a word or name in any language, spelled correctly or not.

  6. General Policies
    • Accounts are usually opened one or two days after the request form is filled out.
    • If there is a problem, contact someone in Gates 170 or send email to action@cs.
    • Those with accounts on XENON or SUNBURN are expected to read the message of the day, which appears when you log in.
    • An account may be used by only one person. CSD-CF policy prohibits sharing an account among users. Violations may result in loss of the account.