Helpful Hints

• Requesting a UNIX account
• Checking your quota
• Changing your password
• Killing a specific process
• Killing a session when your machine is hung
• Killing a print job
• Submitting a job to background and NICEing UNIX jobs
• Connecting/submitting jobs to another computer
• Changing your default printer
• Installing and running X-Win32
• Registering for anti-SPAM e-mail filtering
• Using UNIX e-mail aliases
• Sending attachments to UNIX users from a PC
• Printing a SAS .lst file

Requesting a UNIX Account

Checking Your Quota

Quota limits are set on user accounts (/u/accountname) and on mail. The quotas are very generous, but occasionally they have been exceeded.

To check how much space you have available, type the command:

quota -v

The output will show you how much space you have used, and how much is available.

Hint: Your quotas are displayed in the console window every time you log in.

Changing Your Password

To change your password, at a UNIX prompt type:

passwd

passwd: changing password for username

Enter login (NIS) password: (enter current password)

New password: (enter new password)

Re-enter new password: (re-enter new password)

Password hints:

Must be at least 6 characters

Use a combination of letters and nubmers

Do not use common words or names

Do not share passwords!

Killing a Specific Process

To kill a specific process, at a UNIX prompt type:

ps -ef |grep characterString (specific to process)

kill -9 process ID # (process ID # of characterString, which is the first # after your name)

Killing a Session When Your Machine is Hung

1. log on to another workstation (e.g., simone)
2. ssh from simone to your workstation
3. ps -ef |grep Xsession
4. kill -9 processID# (process id # of Xsession, which is the first # after your name). This should kill your whole login session.
5. Now if you do a: ps -ef |grep username you should find nothing but the entry for the grep. This verifies that your session was terminated.

Killing a Print Job

To kill a print job, at a UNIX prompt type:

lpq -Pprintername

(note the Job number)

lprm -Pprintername jobnumber (to kill a specific print job)

lprm -Pprintername username (to kill all your print jobs)

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Submitting a Job to Background and NICEing UNIX Jobs

To submit a job to background, type the application name followed by the program name, then an &. For example:

sas test1.sas &

System will return a number in square brackets, followed by the job number. For example:

[1]69

To NICE the job, type:

renice jobnumber For example:

renice 69

Connecting/Submitting Jobs to Another Computer

To conncect to another machine in the department using ssh, type:

ssh machinename

username's password: password

If it is the first time you have connected to the machine, you will be asked if you are sure; type:  yes.

Changing Your Default Printer

1. From your home directory, edit the file .login.local by typing:  vi .login.local
2. Add the following line:  setenv PRINTER printername  (Current printers are bishop, cleric, gradprinter, rainbow, quill, impact, and macavity.)
3. Save the file.
4. Log out of your session, and back in for the change to take place.

Installing and Running X-Win32

Registering for anti-SPAM E-mail Filtering

Here is what you need to do:

1. Go to this web site: http://intranet.urmc.rochester.edu/InfoSystems/HelpResources/Email/SPAMFilter/
2. Read more about the service, then click on the "request form" link to sign up.
3. You will need to log on. Use your PC login, preceded by biostats (for example:   biostats\cbrower), and then enter your PC password.
4. Once you are logged in, follow the prompts. You may complete the registration two times if desired, once for your URMC e-mail address, then again for your BST address.
5. You should receive notification via e-mail that your e-mail address was registered.

Using UNIX e-mail aliases

Alias	Description
biostat@bst.rochester.edu	Entire department
faculty@bst.rochester.edu	Tenure track faculty
statisticians@bst.rochester.edu	Master and PhD level statisticians
programmers@bst.rochester.edu	Programmers
students@bst.rochester.edu	Master and PhD students

Sending attachments to UNIX users from a PC

Printing a SAS .lst file

To print a SAS .lst file, at a UNIX prompt type:

enscript -r -DDuplex:true -B -fCourier7.9 -d cleric filename.lst

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