EECS Instructional Computer Use Rules and Policies

• Account Procedures (who gets one, how):
  1. How do I get an account on the EECS Instructional computers?
     
  2. What do I do if WebAcct rejects me?
     
  3. What are "named" and "class" accounts?
     
  4. What is the policy for "group" accounts?
     
  5. What happens to expired accounts?
     
  6. UC Extension & Concurrent Enrollment students:
     

     1) for access to EECS computers:	get an account from WebAcct
     2) for access to UCB WEB sites:	get an ID number from UCEX
     3) for access to EECS labs:	get a key card from Soda Hall

  7. MEng & MASIC students:
     

     1) for access to EECS computers:	get an account from WebAcct
     2) for access to UCB WEB sites:	get a CalNet username and password
     3) for access to EECS labs:	your CalNet card will be activated automatically

  8. How can I recover a lost file?

• How new users are informed of the rules:
  1. account form that new users must read:   named accounts,   class accounts
     
  2. initial login message for new accounts:   UNIX,   Windows
     
  3. EECS Instructional Rules of Conduct, including Disciplinary Procedures
     

• Computer Use Policies:
  As a condition of use, users of EECS Instructional computers and labs agree to abide by the rules stated in these documents:
  1. Campus Online Activities Policy
     
  2. EECS Departmental Policies & Procedures
     
  3. EECS Instructional Rules of Conduct, including Disciplinary Procedures
     
  4. rules posted in EECS instructional [ workstation ] [ electronics & instrumentation ] labs
     
  5. Equipment Loan Policy
     
  6. Policies for ISG/ESG Staff
  7. Privacy Statement
     

• Technical Restrictions on Instructional Computers:
  • Disk space quotas
    
  • Printer paper quotas
    
  • "set uid" programs are not allowed in home directories
    
  • insecure .rhosts and file permissions are automatically corrected
    
  • "ftp", "rlogin" and "telnet" are blocked on Instructional systems (use "ssh")
    
  • class news groups can only be read from *.berkeley.edu computers
    
  • jobs left running after you logout are killed automatically
  • CGI programs won't work if directories above it are group writable