EECS Instructional Support, University of California at Berkeley


EECS Instructional Computer Accounts
End of Semester Information
Fall 2016

Contents:
  • These Accounts Expire Monday Dec 19
  • /home/tmp directories will be deleted after Jan 2, 2017
  • Labs Close Friday Dec 16; Server Down Times
  • How do I Verify My Account Status?
  • What happens to the files in an expired account?
  • What happens to email sent to an expired account?
  • Can I copy files and email from my expired account?
  • How Do I Get off the Expired List?
  • How can I check my grades?
  • What happens to my Microsoft Imagine account?
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    These Accounts Expire Monday December 19 at 9am

      - Instructional class accounts (such as "ee1-xx", "cs9a-zz", etc)
      - all Instructional non-CS and non-EECS named accounts
      - Instructional named and "cs199" accounts of CS & EECS majors who 
        graduated or left before June 2016
    
        'NAMED' ACCOUNTS THAT WILL EXPIRE
        'CLASS' ACCOUNTS THAT WILL NOT EXPIRE
    
      To forward your email from @imail.eecs to another email address, see below.
    
      For info about your own account, login to WebAcct.
    
      'Named' and 'cs199' accounts for ongoing CS and EECS students will remain 
      active at least until May 2017 without any action by the user.
    

    /home/tmp directories will be deleted after Jan 2, 2017:

      All files in the /home/tmp directory will be removed.  
      Please read /share/b/pub/removable-media.help for information about backing up your files.
    

    Instructional Labs Close December 16 2016
    Server Down Times

      - Cardkey access to the Instructional labs will terminate at midnight on December 16, 2016.
      - Instructional servers may be down at times for maintenance between December 19 and January 16.
      
    Here is the notice we will post by the labs.
    

    How do I Verify My Account Status?

      To verify your account status, login to WebAcct.
    

    How do I Get off the Expired List?

      If our records are in error, you may complete an EECS Account Request Form 
      and submit it at 378 Cory before Dec 16.
     
      Or you can just wait until the start of the next semester, when we will have 
      newer enrollment records, and request your account again. 
    

    What happens to the files in an expired account?

      For class accounts ("cs61a-aa", "ee122-aa", etc), the files will be saved 
      for 1-2 weeks, archived to tape and deleted.  Class account logins are 
      reassigned to new students next semester.
    
      For named accounts ("jdoe", 'cs199-aa', etc), the files will be saved for 
      about a month after the start of the next semester, and the files will be 
      archived to tape before they are deleted.  If the student is eligible again 
      for an account next semester, the account can be renewed.
    
      While an account is "expired", you will still have limited access to it:
    
      - Email will no longer be stored for the account, but it will be forwarded
        to you if you left a forwarding address in your UNIX .forward file.  You
        can copy a .procmailrc file to your account using 'sftp'.
    
      - If you login to your expired UNIX account at cory.eecs.berkeley.edu using 
        an 'ssh' program (such as Putty on Windows), your grades will be displayed 
        from the local grading database ('glookup').
     
      - If you login to your UNIX account at cory.eecs.berkeley.edu using an 'scp' 
        or 'sftp' program (such as WinSCP on Windows), you will be able to copy 
        your files from the account.
    

    What happens to email sent to an expired account?

      Email sent to an expired account can only be forwarded to another system - 
      it will not be saved here.  You can also have your own automated reply that 
      tells the sender about your new email address.  If you do not set this up,
      the senders will receive an automated reply telling them that the email 
      address is no longer valid.   Email will be forwarded for up to one year
      after a named account expires.
    
      These features are set in a .procmailrc file in your UNIX home directory.
      You can create or edit the file using a text editor (vi, emacs) when logged 
      into your UNIX account.  You can also copy a .procmailrc into an expired 
      account using 'sftp' (see What happens to the files in an expired account?).
    
      Each rule in .procmailrc starts with a ":0" line.
      The "c" in :0c: says to continue to the next rule after processing this one.
    
      To enable email forwarding, add a rule like this at the beginning of the 
      rules in .procmailrc:
    
    	:0c:
    	! me@new.edu
    
      To enable an auto-reply that is sent in response to incoming email, add this
      rule at the beginning of the rules in .procmailrc:
    
    	:0c:
    	* !^From[: ].*$LOGNAME
    	| /usr/bin/vacation $LOGNAME
    
      For auto-replies, you also need to create a message in a file called 
      .vacation.msg and initialize the UNIX "vacation" program.  For example:
    
           echo "My new email address is me@new.edu." > ~/.vacation.msg
           vacation -I
    
      You can use a editor to create a better message in the .vacation.msg file.
      See "man vacation" on a UNIX system for more options.
    
    

    Can I copy files and email from my expired account?

    
    - BEFORE your account expires, you can copy your files from your Windows 
      and UNIX home directories by transferring them to a USB memory stick.
      You could also email them to yourself or use a file transfer program.
    
      See http://inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/pub.cgi?file=file-transfer.help.  
    
      On UNIX, you can login and bundle the files into a single compressed file 
      that is easier to copy or email to yourself elsewhere.  Here is an easy 
      way to do that from one of our UNIX accounts:
    
        % cd				# goes to your home directory
        % zip -9ryq /tmp/$USER.zip .	# makes a copy in the local /tmp dir
    
      You could copy the /tmp/$USER.zip file somewhere else and unzip it there.
      You can send this file to yourself as an email with an attached Zip file 
      containing all your files, for example:
    
        % mutt -a /tmp/$USER.zip you@elsewhere.com < /dev/null	# mails it
        % rm /tmp/$USER						# deletes it
    
    
    - AFTER your account expires, you will not be able to copy the Windows files.
    
    - AFTER your account expires, you will be able to copy the UNIX files over 
      the net until January 2 by using an 'scp' or 'sftp' program (such as WinSCP 
      on Windows) to login from another computer.   Login to your account on
      cory.eecs.berkeley.edu.
    
    - BEFORE and AFTER your account expires (as long as the account still exists),
      you can download email from imail.eecs.berkeley.edu, the Instructional IMAP 
      server.  See http://inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/connecting.html#email.
    
      AFTER your account expires, no new email is accepted here.  
      
    - The files in an expired class account are removed from our disk a 
      week or two after the end of the semester.  The files for an expired 
      named account remain on the disk until about 1 month into the next 
      semester.
    
      For more information, please see
      
        - How Do I Manage Email?
        - How Do I Copy Files Between Computers?
    

    How can I check my grades?

      The Registrar posts grades at CalCentral.
       
      If your class used the EECS Instructional grading software ('submit' and 
      'glookup'), you can still see the 'glookup' results after the account has
      expired.  There are 2 ways:
    
      1) Login at the WebAcct site: http://inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/webacct/. 
         Select "List local grades - glookup".
    
      2) Login to your expired UNIX account on cory.eecs.berkeley.edu using an 
         'ssh' program (such as Putty on Windows). 
    
         Note to Putty users:  in the Putty configuration window, change 
         the "Close Window on Exit" setting to "Never" to prevent Putty from 
         closing before the information is displayed.
    
      Your grades will be displayed for any EECS classes that use a local grading 
      database ('glookup') this semester.  This lasts for 1-2 weeks after the 
      account has expired.   
    
    
    

    What happens to my Microsoft Imagine account?

      All Spring 2016 EECS Microsoft Imagine (formerly called "Dreamspark" or "e-Academy") 
      accounts will expire at 9am on May 16, 2016.
    
      The EECS Microsoft Imagine site will be unavailable from Dec 19 - Jan 16.
    
      Students who are eligible after Jan 16, 2017 can request or renew a 
      Microsoft Imagine account by following the instructions on 
      http://msdnaa.eecs.berkeley.edu/.
    

    'CLASS' ACCOUNTS THAT WILL NOT EXPIRE

      Instructors must notify inst@eecs about any class accounts that need to be extended after December 16.
    
      cs61a-bvm will expire on January 10, 2017
      cs61c-app will be renamed on Jan 10 and deleted in February
      cs61c-axw will be renamed on Jan 10 and deleted in February
      cs9h-abf  will be renamed on Jan 10 and deleted in February
    

    'NAMED' ACCOUNTS THAT WILL EXPIRE

      Users can use WebAcct to check on the status of their Instructional UNIX 
      named accounts: login using your CalNet ID or Instructional UNIX account.
    
      Expiring named and cs199 accounts:
    
    ahsueh
    akant
    aminy
    asif
    charles
    chrisker
    david.schinazi
    egeor
    grau
    hcook
    j.sadie
    jenhungl
    kang.yoonhwan
    kmesser
    kshen
    kw1jjang
    mert
    mkarim
    peggychi
    pzheng
    sangyoon
    valkyrie
    walid
    cs199-aad
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    cs199-abi
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    cs199-ady
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    cs199-xz
    cs199-yl
    cs199-za
    cs199-ze
    cs199-zl
    cs199-zp
    cs199-zx
    
    

    inst@eecs.berkeley.edu